My husband and I just returned from the February 27 Carnival Valor Eastern Caribbean sailing.
We had a wonderful time and had a great cabin with a private balcony. The weather was great. We went on the Yellowbird Party Boat in Nassau, which took us to a private island/beach. In St. Thomas we went to Magen's Bay and Paradise Point. We thought we were going to be taking the tramway up to Paradise Point, but instead we were driven up, which is not quite the same effect. Still, very nice scenery. In St. Maarten we did the Divi Little Bay Beach Experience, where we went to a local hotel and used their beach facilities and had a very nice BBQ lunch. There were beach games and music as well.
The food served on Lido deck was very good and much expanded. The pizza and deli sandwiches are great. The grill food is also decent. At times the lines for the food can be long when everybody is going to or returning from shore tours.