This is my 3rd Carnival Cruise and I've come to the conclusion that shorter cruises are drunken spectacles. I'm too old for this, but it was still a lot of fun. I'm going to break down the parts that I experienced and rate them.

Food.

This is my main reason for cruising. The food on this ship was on par with my other cruise experience with the exception of one point. They didn't have escargot. All of my other cruises had that at one point in the meal for dinner, but not this one. Not a big deal. Otherwise, the food at the main dining room was very good for the most part. This cruise offered sushi, but unfortunately, it was horrid. Sushi and cruises have not gone together well in my experience, but then again, sushi is very finicky, and needs to be ultra fresh, which cruises cannot do. In fact, I generally avoid fish altogether on cruises. The buffet was decent, and I particularly liked the mongolian grill. Read more