My husband and I cruised on October 21st for four nights on the Carnival Sensation. We've both cruised before, and enjoyed this cruise. We were celebrating out 10th wedding anniversary!
We arrived to the port around 12:00 and parked at the cruise terminal. We wanted to be able to quickly get back to our 3 year old that we were leaving for the first time. We dropped our bags at the drop off area, and then parked. The entire check in process from start to finish was probably 20 minutes. We were on the Lido deck having lunch at 12:30 p.m. We had done all necessary paperwork online, so we didn't have to do too much to check in.
We had lunch on the Lido, where I had the Mongolian Wok. I love hot, spicy food, and the hot was VERY HOT!!! I almost couldn't eat it. And I had mixed it with the medium. Also, oddly enough, they spray some kind of cooking spray on the wok's, and it caused the entire line (about 15 of us) to cough terribly. It felt like I had inhaled it directly into my lungs. It was not a pleasant experience. Not sure if it was something that they were cleaning with, or if it was the cooking spray, but it burned your lungs. The food was good though. Hubby had food from the other side (burgers, chicken tenders, fries, etc), and he said it was good too!