we selected this cruise based on the ports she was going to make since we were never in St Maarten nor St Kitts and wanted to get there to see those Islands. Thanks to a tropical wave/depression we were not able to get to St Kitts but did in fact get to St Maarten, which is one of our most favorite Islands we have been to so far!
As for the ship and staff its self both were awsome!
We were on the Valor last year before she had her 2.0 upgrades (done in April/May this year I think) and the upgrades were perfect. Due to the storm there were three carnival ships (Valor, Glory and one other I can't remember) in port in Nassau and folks were commentating on how much nicer the Valor looked compared to the other two. We found very little problems with her during the 8 day cruise.
Cabin was great with the small fridges in the room, That makes keeping items cold very easy! Great job Carnival at putting them in the rooms!