This was my third cruise, and second on Carnival (first time on Paradise). While I am sure many have had wonderful experiences, ours was not the best. I traveled with five people in total. One member of our group did use a wheelchair and another needed oxygen. I do not know if this contributed to our problems but know others in our situation encountered the same rudeness we did.

As we were ready to board the Motorcoach to head out to Long Beach, we had a very strange encounter. First the police had shown up and arrested the bus driver. We were then escorted another bus. The lady handling the arrangements remarked to our group that we were moving too slowly (we were just following the rest of the crowd) and we had to speed it up. Since we were sitting on the bus anyway, the five or so extra minutes it took us to catch up really would not have mattered. As I was helping one member of our group get situated, I was literally pushed into my seat by the Carnival staff member.

Embarkation: We checked in on-line and had our Fast Passes ready to go. Plus we were able to use the aisle designated for disabilities due to our ambulating issues. The check in process was expedient for us and very smooth. Read more