Embarkation: First let me give kudos to our Carnival Agent Yvette. She helped us through the booking process. She was extremely knowledgeable, patient and dependable, always returning our calls promptly (even after we had already booked). We wish we were gonna sail Carnival again, just to be able to deal with her. We arrived at port around 10:30 and breezed right thru signing in. But they don't let you board until noon. Atleast we were the first on boat when they did open the boat.

Room: We had room 7439 and it was great! We choose it because of the large balcony, and I'm so glad we did. The other balconies were so small. Our room was very nice, lots of storage and no complaints there. The room stewart, on the other hand, was not so great. I drink a lot of soda and like having ice available all the time. I was constantly chasing him down to get more ice. You'd think after the first few days he would have offered an additional ice bucket. The other thing he did that really irritated me alot.....he would gently knock ONCE and then IMMEDIATELY use his room key. I could never get to the door before he was walking in. A couple times he almost caught me in a compromising situation. He never once asked how are day was or addressed us by name.

Dining: One word sums it up...boring. I won't go as far as saying the food was awful...but pretty darn close. My husband and I both like to cook and thought the food in the main dining room was so boring and unimaginative. Every nite was the same with the exception of one or two new entrees. Chicken was cooked the same way every nite, so if you wanted to stay away from beef, you had to eat fish. We tried the MDR for breakfast one morning and even though it seemed empty, it took us 30 minutes to get food. When it came, it was pretty much the same stuff you can get on the lido deck. Read more