My wife and I traveled with the Carnival Dream on June 9-16 (Western Caribbean). The first day at sea was not too bad, with few exceptions. Several people were very drunk and acting like fools. Several children were intoxicated as well. (I blame this on parents and staff.) I observed kids drinking discarded drinks from empty tables.

I found the majority of the staff very lazy (in fact, one employee from Poland stated to us that he hated to work for the company and spent most of his time aft, watching the NBA finals, while holding an empty tray.

In Cozumel, I was unfortunately disqualified from the Sea Treking excursion, due to past medical history (not Carnival's fault). The excursion on the Carnival website, however, printed, "If you can walk and breath, this is for you.) Once disqualified, I requested to see the excursion officer for a refund. She was from Italy and very rude to me. I simply asked why they could not print the medical disqualification on the excursion description. She said, "You can't expect us to do that. It takes too much time." She collected my tickets and our money was refunded. My wife and I went back to the ship to retrieve our snorkel gear, with the thought that we would take a cab to a nearby beach. We returned to the port entry point; You can't get into Cozumel without going through "Carnival's Mall". A Mexican Police Officer stopped many of us, prior to entry, and informed us that we could not proceed. I spoke to him in Spanish and he told me that there was a bomb threat in the mall. A couple of hundred people were locked inside and could not leave. Several minutes later, the same officer ordered that we all return to the ship, "Cozumel is closed", he said. So, my wife and I never saw Cozumel. Read more