Let me start off by telling you a little bit about myself. I am a single lady (38) travelling with my best friend (35). We travel a few times a year together, often on cruises but not always. This was my 10th cruise overall, and my 5th cruise with Carnival. We most recently travelled on the NCL Breakaway (in April) which we loved but was kind of boring so we decided to try Carnival again. Sorry this will be a long review, I will categorize it by areas…

Embarkation:

We arrived at the port at 11:00am and this was by far the easiest and quickest embarkation I have ever had! As soon as we stepped onto the ship we saw a big table with people selling the Cheers! package and headed straight there, purchased the package and vacation began! We were eating a guy’s burger and sipping our first drink by 11:45. Read more