Last minute decision to go on a quick 4 day cruise for our 17th anniversary. We booked only a week before and felt at the time we got a great deal. We had never been on a Carnival Cruise before and were used to a higher quality cruise experience.

Stateroom - We upgraded to a suite with a balcony which was our first mistake. The room was nice but we were used to a big sliding glass door to the balcony. This room had a small door with no window leading to the balcony. This would have been o.k. but the weather wasn't really warm enough to really use the balcony like we had hoped. Otherwise the room was fine. Our steward was great. He did an outstanding job.

Ship - The paradise is almost 14 years old and it shows. It has a poor design and a very strange layout. Everything felt very small for a 2000+ passenger ship. The public rooms were nice and the theatres were very cool. Read more