This was our 6th cruise and first cruise on Carnival. We left from Baltimore on January 13th. Our other cruises were with RC. We were hesitant to cruise with Carnival because of the "party ship" reputation. We cruise to relax and are not big party animals, but a great last minute deal from a port we could drive to had us packing our bags. We booked late on a guarantee inside cabin and was expecting a room in the bowels of the ship. We were pleased to find out our cabin was on deck 7 nearly mid ship.
Since many on board asked us our opinion on Carnival compared to RC I will give my opinion here.
Debarkation was quick and uneventful, and I noticed no differences with the two lines. I do think $15 per day to park at the port is out of line. $10 would have been more palatable.