My family and I have been cruising for nearly eight years. We know what to expect and how the cruise lines work. While I loved the ship carnival breeze, several things could not be ignored.

When we entered our cabin for the first time, we noticed our cabin had a heavy, stale odor. I am a nurse so before I lay anything down I inspect. My husband started with the blanket on the bed, which I found surprising, he never helps me inspect, he watches me do it. He folded back the blankets and took off the top sheet which was dirty and had this unwashed smell, he also took off the fitted sheet and looked at the bed protector. It was covered with old urine stains , hair and the material smelled. We contacted the cabin service and at first he said he did not see a problem, my husband asked him if he could see the stains and he said no but he will change everything. People whatever you do, please be careful, we are at the mercy of these cabin cleaning people, and I feel if we piss them off we may end up with shoddy room service, poor cleaning and since this is not monitored, foreign objects in our daily ice bucket change or worse. I tipped him for this very concern.

The only other issue I find and this is with all the cruise line, the buffet in dining. When two or three thousand people are touching utensils it gets disturbing. There are those who touch their body parts, scratch their armpits and than touch the food equipment. I also see children who pick their noses, and other areas than touch the equipment. It's really disgusting. While we can't get people to stop this, we may have the ships encourage us to at least use the hand sanitizers, before touching food. Which is why I try to eat in the dining room. Read more