We just got back January 17, 2010 from a 7 day cruise on Carnival Victory (we are 37 and 40 yrs old). The islands that we visited were San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts,and St. Maarten. No days at sea. We had three excursions pre-scheduled for Dominica, Barbados, and St. Lucia. We chose to haul taxis on the rest of the islands. The boat and food were fine. This boat seems to cater to families (there were 500 kids on board out of 3200 cruisers). If you are not a fan of children and all of the commotion, there is plenty to do and it is possible to avoid them. Many families stay near the middle of the ship at the pool and slide. I never did see the kids club group.

The staff was great. Our room was always clean and they always had towel animals made for us when we got back to our room in the evening. Our room was 2454 - it is a corner room (oceanview). I hightly recommend it. It is slightly larger than other rooms since it is on the corner. Our window was large and not a small porthole. Our day was wake up to work out - there is a deck that permits running (just a hard surface), breakfast buffet, get ready for the island, then head out. We'd return right before the time given 4:30 or 5:30. They had a movie on deck at 6:00 which we would enjoy then get ready for our late seating dinner at 8:15. We'd stay out until midnight or 1-2am. We spent a lot of time at the piano bar.

Alcohol: we took alcohol in our checked luggage. No problems. 2 bottles of wine (permitted), and 2 vodkas. Our friends did the same and even brought more than that. Read more