Im going to keep this this review a little shorter than some of my other ones. Me and my girlfriend went on this cruise after spending 2 nights in south beach. I have been on the Carnival Fantasy and Imagination before the upgrades in the past so i knew what to expect. It is a smaller ship than Carnivals other classes but we wanted a change from the bigger ships so decided to give the Imagination a try. We arrived at the terminal around 1pm and gettting on was a breeze it was probably the fastest ever. Our room still wasnt ready so we went up to lido for lunch which was good and also not too crowded as it usually is on the 1st day. The ship was full or so they told us when we asked to upgrade upon checkin. Then we went for a walk around the ship and grabbed our first drink at the casino(Dream)bar. The ship was in decent shape you could tell it was older with there being some wear and tear around but no complaints. The shows were all good both comedians were funny we went to the R-rated ones also which were good. Tory Secoy was our cruise director we never had a female cruise director before and she was great. She was alot of fun and always had the crowd laughing and getting involved. Now my only complaint is with the my time dining. Now the food was fine no complaints there but the service was very impersonal i felt like the waiters wernt very friendly they never tried to talk to us or anything i felt like they gave me a little bit of an attitude for ordering more than one appetizer. But who knows maybe it was a fluke next time ill just go with the late seating to have the same waiter/waitress every night. We used the anytime dining on Freedom of the seas and it was great they usually seated us with the same waiters everynight so thats why we did it on the Imagination. Overall for the money 290 total with taxes for oceanview 4nights it was well worth the money. I will definitely cruise with Carnival again but i think the next one will be back on Royal Caribbean out of Bayonne so we dont have to fly. If your looking for an affordable weekend getaway i would recommend this cruise. One other quick note in cozumel we did the twister excursion to their private island and it was fantastic look into it more if you want a nice beach excursion.