We were booking for a group of 100 people so wanted to get something that was not too long and found this.
From the time we arrived at the port we were treated so well. Checking in was really easy in New Orleans. (I have been to a lot of places where they still do not know how to do it) It is set up very well. The new check in times that Carnival has set-up is brilliant.
We got on the ship and our rooms were ready to drop off the stuff we had carried on. We were close to 1st to get on the ship. Then we were off to explore the ship. The ship was clean from top to bottom. Hard to believe considering people had got off the ship less than 2 hours before. We headed up to the buffet as that is where we had told everyone to gather to get the feel of the ship. We had a lot of new cruisers. We all got food from different places. They had something for everyone, from Italian, Chinese, American, and Mexican. So everyone was happy with lunch.
The cabin was a typical balcony cabin. Just in the rear. This was the first time we had been near the elevators and was a little worried but we never heard anything. And being on the 7th floor we were able to walk 2 floors up to the pool and 2 floors down to the level with activities, casino and meeting rooms. Then down 2 more floors and we were at the door to the dining room.