When we started cruising over 23 years ago, Carnival worked for us with two young teenage boys for a few years. After that we started going on other cruise lines and have completed many, many cruises with lines such as Royal Caribbean, Princess etc. After a long absence we decided to go on a 7-day cruise to Mexico on the Carnival Splendor with our oldest son and his girl-friend. We have never had what you would call a 'bad' cruise since we are the types who will have a good time even if everything is not perfect. Our expectations going in were that Carnival had good food based on various reviews and that there would be lots of activities on the ship. After much discussion, we decided to try the 'My Awesome bar' package which was on trial on the Splendor. You can find the details on Carnival's web site.

Unfortunately our expectations were not met in many areas. Rather than write lengthy prose every experience on this cruise, I will try to keep it as short as I can

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