I chose this cruise specifically for the Grand Cayman port. 5 days, departing out of tampa, two ports. Sounds great! Two days before departure, I received an email that the Grand Cayman port had been cancelled due to technical issues with the ship's speed capability. The port was replaced with Costa Maya. Even though I was disappointed, I have been to the Costa Maya port with a prior Carnival cruise and enjoyed it. However, we never got to go to Costa Maya. The swells were deemed too large for us to debark at Costa Maya. Rather than going back to the Cozumel port (30 min away allegedly) or another port, it was decided that another "fun day at sea" would be added to the itinerary instead. Carnival gave us $13 back for the "Port fees" that were not spent since we never docked at a second port. I brought a friend who had never been on a cruise before and this was a nightmare of an experience. I was so embarrassed that I had given her such high expectations of a cruise experience. There were so many people on the cruise who were seasick. I too, have been on multiple cruise ships and multiple cruise lines and have never experienced the bouts of motion sickness that occurred on this trip. Our drink glasses were sliding across the table at dinner! While I understand that Carnival cannot be responsible for mother nature, one can only wonder if the ship's speed had anything to do with feeling the excessive motion due to a slower speed.

As though things could not get worse, on the fourth day, brown water was coming out of people's water in their cabin. Parts of the cruise ship reeked of fecal matter and sewage! The shower and the sink had brown water! This resulted in the water lines being cut off for a couple of hours! That evening, I showered, and I now have green hair! They must have "shocked" the water with chlorine because I had not smelled the chlorine or had green tinted hair for any of the prior four days and then all of a sudden the ends of my hair were green!

While the cabin was bigger in comparison to other cruise ships I have been on, keep in mind there is ONE outlet for charging/plugging in hair tools, etc. Read more