My wife and I sailed the Imagination for the first time on 6/13/11. This is our 5th fantasy class sailing and the Imagination is in fine shape after quite a few years of service.We didn't get to the port until about 12:15pm. (Bad news and we'll learn from it). Embarkation was fine, but as most people do, we headed up to the Lido for lunch only to find a mob like I have never seen. We usually are first to board, no lines, no waiting to eat. The lines were tremendous at 12:45pm when we hit the Lido. After a long and arduous process we finished lunch around 1:45pm to find the rooms available with no lines whatsoever at the Lido buffet station. Word to the wise....eat before noon or after 1:30pm. In the middle of that time frame...it sucks.Room was fine and our cabin steward did a fine job, though he was invisible. Literally...never saw him. Went to tip him out after the cruise and couldn't find him either. I leave daily tips so whoever was cleaning got something. Just weird that he never really was around.Pool area was good and oddly, chairs were available! Never any chair issues aft by the Water Works. Poolside Lido is always crowded and you'll never get around that.Shows are starting to get a bit boring to me, perhaps because it was my 7th Carnival cruise, but this cast of dancers appeared to be newer or less experienced. That left me with the comedy show which wasn't much better. One comedian was downright bad and the other was OK. Darnell was his first name and he was amusing. Problem was, they kept the same two comedians on the whole trip. never saw that before and I hope I don't ever again. Carnival always changes out acts at ports of call. Not this time.The casino is a place that we tend to frequent and we both had decent luck there. While we didn't "win" money, we had money left from our gambling budget at the end of the cruise. I have to say this is the most underutilized casino I have seen on a Carnival ship. Many empty spaces where slot machines could be. The casino crew did a good job.The Pride dining room was good, but I can't go better than that. First of all, the menu on Carnival ships have gone from fancy to more restaurant like. I have always felt like I was in a fancy restaurant in Carnival dining rooms and menu presentation is a part of the experience. The new menus have more of a chain restaurant look to them. The food itself was fine as always and the service was good, but nothing more than that. Best part of our cruise definately was the last day. We won the Cruise raffle and get to do it all over again!