Built in 2000, the ship is truly showing its age, like a tired old Las Vegas hotel that has seen its day and made its every dollar. The ship smells musty and like cigarette smoke everywhere you go.I booked a junior suite (front top corner with balcony) on this ship, knowing that while Carnival is not top ranking in luxury (to say the least), that it would at least be somewhat nice. The upholstry in my suite was just not acceptable. The carpet was not only coming apart at its seams, but stained a million times over, the chairs were covered in stain and the leather sofa had stuffing coming out of its seams. The hard surfaces were scratched, knicked, scuffed and beaten to death. The lights in the room were all different colors of flourescents, the overhead light dimmers shorted out and EVERY SINGLE NIGHT the room was burning up as if the air did not cool correctly (it was reported, but was not corrected).

The bathroom had a jacuzzi tub, but smelled of a weird sewer smell covered up by a citrus smell (others on the ship spoke of this in their bathrooms). The balcony was nice and the layout of the room was very comfortable and nice - but the suite, like the entire ship, is shopworn. Also, the floorplan of the ship features limited pool space and public rooms despite how many passenger cabins it has - as if they tried to pack as many passengers on as possible. Also, the Serenity Sun Deck, which is one of my favorite spots on Carnivals ships, (adults only for quiet privacy), was on the front of the ship instead of on the back, which made it noisey from the loud music on the main deck.

The entertainment on the ship was fantastic. Two shows with an incredible cast, a great emcee\cruise director (Marcello) a fantastic piano bar pianist\singer and an Asian rock band playing tunes. Read more