We chose this cruise because we have never been to Half-Moon Cay, Dominican Republic, and the Grand Turks. We also chose this cruise to celebrate our October 11 anniversary. We sailed on the Carnival Freedom 2 times in the past 5 years and were totally satisfied. This cruise was not up-to our expectations.

We ate at the 6pm time on the upper Minot level and the dining servers were the best--Nahor, hear waiter, Jovan and Nejadine. They deserve an EXTRA RAISE for their service. They remembered our names every night, they knew what we wanted to drink every night, they were overly helpful and very polite.

When it came to the actual food, it was not at all up to Carnival level. The meats were either over or under-cooked, the desserts were not as expected--the pies were over-baked, the molten chocolate dessert was under-baked (terrible), the flan was over-sugared, etc.-- the appetizers were terrible--the shrimp cocktail was not shrimp cocktail, the stuffed mushrooms were smothered with some kind of unusual sauce, the salads were not salads--the vegetables were under-cooked and not a good variety--we had to ask for butter and sour cream every night for our baked potatoes--the lobsters were totally over-cooked. Overall, the food was not at all up-to-quality for Carnival!! Read more