Just returned from 7 days on the Splendor. So happy to be home eating real food again. I felt I had to join CC and review this cruise to balance out the mostly glowing reviews of this ship.

Embarkation: First off, Carnival does not have enough shade for this process as the boarding groups are all standing around in the sun for hours. Suggestion, Sit down in the shade and simply join your boarding group as it enters the terminal. Secondly, if you are traveling with children find an employee and they will let you board early. After finally waiting around for hours, an employee noticed us and escorted our family inside. IMO this should be standard procedure from the get-go.

Entertainment: Right off the music was ghastly and way too loud. Carnival does not realize that all their speakers are BLOWN and the levels are clipping the entire time (is there a sound engineer on this ship?). There is no real music to speak of, as it is all background drum tracks with a guitar and keyboard on top. I heard Margaritaville 3 times before we even left port! The stage shows were terrible, this includes VROOM! The 'jazz club' had no jazz etc. The only good music will be the Mariachi band that gets on for an hour in PV. Carnival, you should be EMBARRASSED with the quality of music and entertainment on this ship! Read more