This was our fifth Carnival Cruise and Seventh Cruise total. My husband and I went with 24 other people for my cousin's 40th birthday. We were skeptical because it was just a three night cruise and it's known for partying and the "booze" cruise. We did not see anything like that. I was truly amazed of the condition of Paradise was in, it was in great shape. All the staff that we encountered except for one (our main waiter in the MDR) were amazing and friendly!! We couldn't have asked for a better three night cruise ship. Embarkation was a slow, we didn't board until 1:30 p.m. which was a big surprise, apparently there were 19 passenger that wouldn't leave so they say. Once on board we went directly to our rooms, and yes, we did splurge and had a suite, in fact, there were five of us who had suites which came in handy when we had visitors. The suites were in excellent conditions and we loved the space we had. We had the best room steward, sorry don't remember her name, but she kept the ice buckets full and changed out wine glasses, she was truly amazing, the room was very clean. We enjoyed most of the food, but was very disappointed with the MDR food and our waiter there. Though my husband and I didn't go to the piano bar, we spent our evenings at the Casinos, most of our group went to the piano bar and had a blast, they went two out of the three nights. All of us 26 total had an amazing time and wants to go back again! I say kudos to Paradise and their staff! I would definitely recommend sailing the Paradise again.