Background....I turned 50 and my boyfriend turned 47 during the cruise. I'm a registered nurse and he's an electrician. Traveled with another couple that was 51 and 52. She's also a nurse and he's a zoning commissioner/farmer. The farmer was the only one who'd never cruised before. This was my 3rd cruise. All of our cruises have been on Carnival.
We flew Southwest airlines from St. Louis, MO to Tampa. Got a taxi without any problems right to the port. From drop off to being in our room took about 45 minutes or so. We got there about 1:30 pm and there were lines but moving fairly well.
We checked out our rooms and dropped off carry on luggage. To the Lido deck for lunch. We started the tour of the ship at the Serenity deck as we were to meet fellow cruise critic members though we were late and missed everyone.
had an ocean view...only complaint was the window was very dirty. Beds were together when we arrived. Lots of closet space. Another complaint was the only 2 outlets. Had to put the clock in the bathroom and everytime the light got turned off had to reset the clock.