This was my 3rd cruise. We sailed on the Grand Princess in 2000 and then on the Carnival Conquest and again on the Grand.
This was an excellent cruise! Embarkation and Disembarkation took a while, but it is supposed to. I am not sure how people expect over 2000 people to be able to get on and off a ship so quickly. It just takes time. Our Carnival cruise involved a glitch and embarkation took 8 hours. I was very glad not to have that experience again!
The food was awesome! Beautiful dishes, soups, and desserts were at every meal. The crab, lobster and beef wellington were perfect. I don't understand how anyone can say the food is bad.