This is our third cruise with Carnival, and was even better than the previous two!
We travelled with our four children (20, 19, 15 and 12), in three cabins. No lines on this cruise, straight on the ship at Los Angeles, straight onto the tenders at Catalina, straight through the lines at Ensenada. This is the first time we got to use the self-assist debarkation method, as our passports remained in our possession throughout the cruise. The previous two cruises our Canadian passports had been held in safe-keeping by Carnival until we debarked. Highly recommend self-assist, the line kept moving, we were off the ship in under twenty minutes (after eating breakfast onboard, we left just after 8a.m.)
Catalina Island - great place to walk around.