I want to start off by saying that this review will be completely honest.  I am not the type of person to let a couple of negative things dictate a bad review of a vacation.  I will however put all the negatives in here as well.  I've cruised carnival 3 times and all 3 ships have been in the same category (Size) so I have alot to compare this cruise to.  My girlfriend and I are in our mid to late 20's.OVERALL FUN ON VACATION: On a scale from 1-10 I give it a 7. I belive Cruises should all be 10 out of 10s. I usually just brush off any little negatives that occur on vacation but way too many happened to me this time to let it go.

EMBARKATION: Very easy as usual. Once registered, carnival was sending people up to board ship but further down the terminal, they wouldn't let you on. This caused over crowding and carnival employees constantly yelling (to me though, stuff like this happens.

THE SHIPS REFURBISHMENT: Carnival advertises that this ship recently went through a million dollar refurbishment. The only places I noticed the refurbishment was the bathrooms (staterooms and lobby). Wow, they were all super nice. The rest of the ship showed wear and tear everywhere. Floors stained, chipped floors, dents in rails. Another complaint about wear and tear was the railings on the lido deck of the ship. The paint was chipped all over all the bars and it was rusted. Bad. If someone would put their feet up on it, it could cut them and you better hope you've had a tetanus shot. The biggest complaint about wear and tear is that everyday we were on the ship, they had crew painting the exterior of the boat just behind the chairs. All day long we inhaled fumes. Another day they closed one of the lido decks bar (1st thing in the morning)and got out the electrical sander and sanded the bar! IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY! This BLEW MY MIND!!!!!! What exactly did carnival do with their million dollar refurbishment if they are doing this now??? Read more