INTRODUCTION

Okay, so I'm in my late 30's, a white collar professional (marketing for a Fortune 500) and am not a snob, but don't want to rub elbows with the trailer trash either. We cruised with our kids, all 5 of them ages 17 years through 9 months. We also traveled with my parents (who came in handy at times with the aforementioned kids) and my sister-in-law, sister-in-law's boyfriend, and my neice. Needless to say, we had a rather well represented cross section of humanity just within our own group of 12.

I've never cruised before, but have traveled to Europe, Hawaii, around the USA, etc. This review, then, will be as much a review of cruising itself as it is a specific review of Carnival and the Splendor. Read more