Having never cruised before, I prepared myself for the little things that I thought might annoy me, so I didn't let those things ruin my trip. I expected lines and there were lines. You sort of have to expect that when you're on a ship with 2000 other travelers. I also assumed at least a portion of the passengers would be unable to behave like civilized members of society; that seems to happen pretty much everywhere we go these days, unfortunately! So, although ultimately we felt the cruise was just so-so, we still had a good time.I'm just going to hit the high points:1. The ship's decor is really tacky, but who cares? It was clean and the employees work like crazy to keep it from looking like a pigsty. The only area that was nasty (in my opinion) was the Serenity area for adults. The foam fabric cushions in this area were stained and kind of gross.2. There is no conditioner. I received conflicting information on this point when I tried to research it on line, but they have body wash and shampoo. It's not a big deal, because I had brought some with me and they sell it in the gift shop, but just FYI. I thought the body wash and shampoo smelled good.3. We had trouble at two ports - Belize and Mahogany Bay. Belize was handled very poorly by Carnival. We followed the instructions about getting there early and still were late for our excursion (after being told by a Carnival employee we would have plenty of time to get there). When we finally reached the table for check in, I remarked that our excursion group left a couple minutes ago, and the Carnival employee told me that "you better run". Nice. There were hundreds of people in line, and Carnival had two employees set up at a table. That needs to be re-done. And it wasn't just us - there were probably 15 of us that ended up being put into a different tour group because we were all late getting ashore.4. At the Mahogany Bay excursion, we unfortunately got a terrible tour guide who spent most of her time talking to her friends instead of actually acting like a tour guide. We waited 20 minutes for her to finish her lunch before we got going. They told us we had to leave our bags in the bus because we had signed up for the ziplining, but when we finally got down to where the buses where (for some reason, Gumbalina Park employees hold you up at the top of the hill and won't let you go down before they're good and ready - and I even asked because we (and another couple) were split up from our original group), our bus was gone. My boyfriend came unglued - there we are in Honduras with no passport, no sign and sail card, no money. They did eventually locate our bags, but there were six of us who ended up on a different bus ride back than our original tour group. And there was one couple who didn't even get on that bus, so I don't know when how they got back. Gumbalina Park was horrible. There was a lot of waiting around and it was very disorganized.5. We did Stingray City in the Caymans, and it was pretty crowded. There were too many people in our group to really enjoy the rays. 6. Most of our tours ended up lasting much of the day (whether they were scheduled that way or not), so except for the Caymans, we didn't have the opportunity to really look around the ports. We'd end up getting back on the ship around 4 and of course we were starving because no lunch was provided, and head to the Lido deck. FYI - they close the Lido Buffet at around 3, I think. There's a grill that stays open that serves burgers, chicken fingers, fries, that kind of thing, which is what we mostly ended up eating, and that was okay.7. You have to wait in line for the Lido buffet for breakfast, and it's semi-tough to find a table. I know you can eat in the MDR for breakfast, but it opens later, and we typically didn't have time to go there before we'd have to get off the ship. So, we'd find a table, my boyfriend would sit there to "save' it, and I'd go off to get my breakfast. When I got back to the table, I'd eat my breakfast while he went to go get his food. By the time he got back, I would have already had time to finish my meal, so we really didn't get to "eat together" and that kind of sucked.8. We had a balcony, but our neighbors on both sides were smokers, so we didn't really get to enjoy it much. We really weren't out there a whole bunch, so I don't know if they were out there all the time, or if it was just a coincidence that every time we went out there, they were out there lighting up. I wish they'd let you choose "smoking" or "nonsmoking" and group them together accordingly. Our neighbors were also very loud, screaming at each other back and forth. And to top it off, the neighbors to our left were drunk for most of the cruise (laying in the hallway one evening - classy!), and one member of their party squatted and peed on their balcony while I was out there. (There's a glass partition that reflects your neighbors.) Unbelievable.9. We had obnoxious people on two of our excursions. My boyfriend says I'm an "a@@hole magnet". :-)The ice cream was awesome. We liked our tablemates. I have moderate motion sickness, and I did have to take some dramamine a few nights. Couple evenings were pretty choppy. If I were to go again, I'd try to get a patch or seasickness bands instead. I can't really review the food, because I have the palate of fourth grader, so all that "fancy" food didn't particularly appeal to me, but I didn't starve. :-) So, in summary, I'd cruise again, but it wouldn't be my first choice of travel, and I think I'd probably like to try another cruise line.