Let me start off with this is my 3rd Carnival Cruise (I have also been on 2 NCL cruises and 1 Royal Caribbean cruise) and this was by far the BEST cruise I have been on! My boyfriend and I went on this cruise with my family, his family, and 2 of our friends. There was a total of 11 of us traveling.

Embarkation was a breeze. We got to the port at about 1:45 and were on the ship by 2:30. The embarkation staff was very nice, except for the big lady at the front checking our citizenship. Once we got onboard we realized we had to wait in another line to set up the Sail & Sign card. This should have been done while checking in, but we'll let that go.

The ship was beautiful with an All-American theme. They say the theme is Heros and Heroics. But the staff worked very had to keep the ship clean. And everything looked new and fresh! Read more