A bit of information about us before I start. I am a 39 year old male and my girlfriend is 44. This is my 6th cruise and my girlfriends 5th. We have only ever cruised with Carnival. We are both from the UK and have cruise in both the Med and the Caribbean all with Carnival. I love Carnival. Some people will probably get upset with my review BUT this is what happened to us/what we saw. This has kind of put me off cruising for a while. Maybe I just need a few days to take it all in and realize that while this cruise was not perfect it still meant that we were not at work, not making meals & not making our own beds etc. I have a wheat allergy so follow a Gluten Free diet which Carnival are really helpful with.

We flew in to Miami Airport on the 27th of December after flying in from Heathrow. It was about 18:45 in Miami but 23:45 UK time. We were in CBP for so long it was 2 hours from the time we left the plane to the time we got to check in to our Hotel !

We stayed in the Sofitel Hotel in Miami. We both liked the hotel. The food was good and the staff were friendly. The shuttle service from the airport was good. Once we got to the hotel we just slept as we were so tired. Read more