This was my first cruise ever. I am a divorced 49 year old male who went with my girlfriend. First I want to be fair and say, in general, I had a good time. However, I will add the following based on my experience and speaking to fellow Carnival passengers with previous Carnival experience.
I had no major problems getting onboard with only my drivers license and certified birth certificate. There was a computer glitch on this trip that held other passengers out of their cabins for over four hours. These Carnival employees were helpful and friendly.
Once onboard our luggage was to be delivered to our room in approximately four hours. All of it came except for one suitcase. The missing suitcase was reported to my room steward who did nothing to retrieve it or even ask if I found it at all the entire trip. The suitcase showed up 8 hours after departure at the pursers desk by a man dropping the suitcase and disappearing. My girlfriend happened to be there at the time in line. We don't know if he was an employee of Carnival or not. The next morning I found this suitcase to have been opened and gone through as if someone were looking for something. They removed 2 1/2 pairs of socks. I complained to the purser and got a letter of apology. Not horrible, but upsetting.