This was a 6 days cruise out of Ft. Lauderdale, we drove from Orlando and used Premier Parking to leave our car, they took us on their van and in less than 10 minutes were at the pier, for less than $5 a day that was a good deal.
We arrived at 10 AM had boarding pass number 16 and were on board by 10:45, the room was ready by 1 PM, the earliest we ever had.
This ship is kept in very good shape and their food quite good, especially in their dinning room, which we used every day for supper, also we used it three days for breakfast since it was much easier and convenient than waiting in long crowded lines in the morning.
Carnival cabins are among the largest of the cruise ships. Our cabin on deck
1 was enough for the two of us, plenty of storage and closet space, bath is of good size, the only problem would be the sleeping time for some, since deck 1 is close to the engines specially if you are in the rear section, but it was not a problem for us.
The things to watch when you choose location is to make sure the cabin is not near the elevators and hopefully with another cabin deck above and not something like the gym or other noisy area.