I took my cruise with my wife and in-laws. I had been before and was going with newbies. To see the excitement on their faces made the whole cruise for me.

The embarkation process was not as bad as the line made it appear. The line was smooth except for the occasional person not ready to show there identification! We had a full ship with 800 children. I thought that was a lot of children but we may have seen 15 the entire time. Carnival does a great job handling children!

The ports of call were nice. It rained in Key West but that didn't seem to bother people. We just got out the umbrellas or poncho's and went about our business. Our cruise director Todd and shopping specialist Moria, gave us valuable information on each port of call. Read more