ABOUT US... We are a family of 5 (40/34/17/8/5) who love to travel. We have sailed with Carnival (3x), Royal Caribbean (Explorer), NCL (Pride of Hawaii) and Princess (Coral). I will try to be brief with our experience:
EMBARKATION is a breeze. We arrived @ Port Canaveral (Terminal 10) around 11am and were onboard the ship having lunch in less than 45 minutes. DEBARKATION was also very quick.
THE SHIP is big, but not very well thought out in design. Carnival has a bad habit of designing ships with bottleneck areas, dead ends or you have to go up one level to cross over and then back down a level. It's not a deal breaker by any means, it just interrupts your flow enough to never really get a good grip on how to get around the ship. This ship has many beautiful areas, but Carnival still managed to throw in some of their gaudy styling like weird yellow glass.
Interior cabins are more suited for a couple than for a family of 4. Pull down beds take up alot of head space, make the room feel cramped and block views of the TV for the beds below the pull-downs. Beds are comfortable and decor is modern and attractive. I wish cruise ships would place the button to flush the toilet in a more convenient spot for those of us who like to 'courtesy flush'.