My wife and love to cruise and do it several times a year. Several years ago we went along on a Carnival 7 day family cruise and have never been back, until now. My wife spotted this on the internet about a year ago and the price was to good to be true so we booked it and brought our children and their families with us. I figured the little ones would enjoy Carnival so whatever.

After spending 2+ hours in lines awaiting embarkation in Long Beach we were brought aboard the ship and made our way to the room making our way through the jammed passageways. Our room was nice and pretty much along the lines of an upgraded Motel 6. Nothing special but better than I had expected. With the exception of some organic matter all over the sheer drapes the room was clean.

So, it was time for to try to grab a bit to eat after being in line at embarkation since 1:00. It was 3:30 when we arrived to our room, but alias, it was time for the lifeboat drill and all the food was shutting down. Oh, we had 5 children with us under 5 years old that had nothing to eat since 10 AM so you can only imagine how that looked. Read more