Price, room, service, and itinerary was good. However, I did not know Carnival allowed smoking in the casino and surrounding area. Apparently many people who took this cruise did, and smoked so much that the smoke was suffocating anywhere near the casino. You could smell it in the stairwells several floors up. My clothes would smell like I had been to a cheap bar.

Best food was at Guys Burgers or other specialty shops. Dinning room food was mediocre. No Tiger shrimp cocktails. Just defrosted, limp, small, tasteless shrimp. Our waiter was good, but dining was not the experience it normally is. Probably because the cruise was less expensive, a good number of passengers thought it OK to wear tee shirts and jeans to the dinning room. Walking around the boat looked like a failed weight watchers convention. I never got into the hot tubs by the pool, b/c they were full of 300 pounders who just never got out. Had to get up early to have any chance to get deck chairs. Entertainment was a very average group of singers who put on productions that screamed "cheap". I thought I would at least enjoy the music, but songs chosen had them heading for the aisles halfway through the productions. Comedy Club was a nice extra. We went for the itinerary, including Turks & Caicos, Aruba, and Curacao, all of which were excellent. The private island was much, much better than expected. In the future, I would certainly avoid any cruise that allows smoking. I would also realize that less expensive means less quality in everything.