This was our 4th family cruise with our now 7 yr old son. Stayed at the Queen Mary the night before due to its close proxmity to the port, but if you're renting a car, forget about this hotel and choose another one. Room was dark, not very clean and we couldn't wait to get out of there. Place has a reputation for being haunted. None of the 3 of us slept well and walked long, narrow hallways without signs to find our room. Could have stayed ten mins away for half the price.

Went onboard early for a family wedding/reception, had priority embarkation for our OS suite. The ceremony and reception put on by Carnival was fabulous. Beautiful, short ceremony, back drop, vows, flowers and family photos followed by a lovely 1 hr reception in the Rex casino. Walked to our room after the reception which was ready and then ate a little light lunch and explored the ship. Were extremely disappointed by the size of our OS suite and the price we paid through the family travel agent. The room was literally HALF the size of the same category suite on the Carnival Pride which sails out of Baltimore. Very over priced for what they advertise on the website and for what we got. Room stewards were fair, we definitely over tipped them in the middle of the cruise for the service we received. Couldn't find them all day, every day to get refills on our ice buckets and their contact phone number was always busy.

Food in the dining room was fair; our party had several tables at the late dining hour and we sat with different people every night. One evening, five people at our table didn't eat the cheesecake and said it was horrible. I mostly stuck to the appetizers but the steak and pasta dishes went over well with the crowd as did the chocolate melting cake. Service in the dining room was very good by our waiters whom we rewarded with additional tips the last night. Also ate breakfast in the dining room 2 mornings which was served hot and well made. Lido buffet was not very good at all. Even the burgers, according to our group were not very good and my veggie burger tasted like dog food. Many stations with unidentifiable food at lunch (grouper in a green remoulade sauce)? Salad bar lacked protein and very slim on fresh vegetable selections. Read more