Many changes on the Carnival Dream since we cruised on it in 2015. Now you have to sign a form saying when you want your room cleaned, in the morning or in the evening. Apparently they don't do both times any longer. We have been on 6 Carnival cruises and we were really disappointed this time. The cruise we took in January 2015 was also on the Carnival Dream but with more amenities that seem to have been taken away in 2016. We picked having our room cleaned in the evening and they were knocking on our door before we left for dinner. All the cruises before, they knew what dinner time you had and came to turned down you bed after you left for dinner, not any longer. The problem with picking a room cleaning time was that if we showered in the morning and then went on a excursion and wanted to take another shower before dinner, we had no clean or dry towels. Got tired of always having to call for some so we stopped.

As a Gold member I was always invited to the Captions reception but this year there was no invitation in my room. Was told they changed it now to only the levels above Gold. Another disappointment. There was obviously less crew and it did make a difference. Where they were always several crew members offering drinks on the decks, there was only one on the deck at the back of the ship, was always looking for him when we wanted another drink.

The pool area with 2 hot tubs at the back of the ship were always adults only, at least on the last 5 cruises I took. This year there were children all over and kids even took over one of the hot tubs and there were no parents in there with them. Why is that area not adults only again? There are 2 hot tubs on each side of the ship and not many people know there are there, but enough do, but this year the whole cruise they were all shut down. Why, no good reason given when asked. Another disappointment. This was the first time in 6 Carnival cruises that the food in the main dining room as lacking. Except for the Lobster night and Filet mignon night, it was a hard choice because nothing was standing out, just average food, nothing special. Zubin, the head waiter and Ben the assistant waiter were fantastic though. Excellent staff members, made every evening there funny and entertaining. Read more