My husband & I are veteran cruisers. We wanted to take our granddaughter & niece for a short cruise & found one that fit our schedule. Frankly, I was very skeptical about sailing on the Carnival Triumph but I was wrong. The staff was fantastic and the room was nice. The food was good & the dining room waitstaff was wonderful. All in all it was a fantastic time, seeing it thru the girls eyes was priceless. Our shore excursion was swimming with the dolphins, take your credit card as the pics are expensive but totally worth it! There are only two negatives I have to say is the public bathroom by the pool needed better hand washing & drying facilities & Carnival took away gold members priority boarding which is a huge bummer:(