I had been on four Holland America cruises but decided to try a short Carnival cruise just to try it. That plus the fact the cruise was pretty cheap so I wanted to try a fun ship from my home port, plus I had taken two frineds that had never cruised before to get their reaction. In a nutshell,,,weel worth the money, this really was a Funship. BTW I am 57 and my wife is 56 years young.

We arrived early so were sent to the early embarkation desk. I took all of 10 minutes to get checkd in. However the ship wasn't ready for boarding. we arrived at 10:55 but were onboard by 11:45 and going to the Lido for lunch. If you get onboard early may I suggest the Mongolian grill, lines get really long during the week. Our ocean view cabin was smaller then what I was used to, but I had only had balconies in the past on HAL. I will say there was a lot of storage, it was very clean, the bathroom was pretty large, in all it taught me I can live in an OV cabin. Our cabin stewrad kept it immaculate.

The food on the ship was pretty good. There are more choices on HAL, but you won't starve ont he funship. We ate all our meals in the main dining room. I am not fond on buffetts on cruiseships so I cannot comment on that. My friends did try the sandwich bar and liked it. The food was not 5 star, but it was good. I would suggest trying anytime dining. Seems the earlier you eat, the fresher the food is. We ate every day between 645 and 730 pm. Read more