Who we are: 49 and 48 year old couple married 23 years. No children. 14 cruise. Third Carnival cruise, first Carnival cruise in over 10 years. 16 day cruise to Hawaii on board the Miracle. We haven't sailed with Carnival in over 10 years because the food was so horrid on our previous trips. But the itinerary, price and advice of friends had us take the plunge.

Food: well above average. While not everything was a hit, there were much more hits than misses. We were really blown away by the improvement in the food quality in the dining room. Food in the buffet was not the same standard, but that's the case everywhere.

Desserts: average. All cruise lines refuse to put the sugar in desserts. Most desserts are down right bad. Carnival was saved because they offered a molten chocolate cake for dessert every night. It was delicious. Other than this one dish, there were limited good desserts. We even broke down after a disappointing dessert at dinner which we didn't eat and purchased a carrot cake from the Fountainhead cafe. Good thing it was cheap because it also was bad! Again no sugar in the cream cheese frosting. We were eating a half inch of whipped cream cheese with cake. Yuk! Read more