We had a group of 6 adults with 3 balcony rooms on the 9/15 sailing out of New York. It was me and my husband, my parents and my grandparents and we all have sailed on Carnival several times in the past. We arrived to the port about 10:00am and they were still unloading guests from the previous cruise so we had to wait about 30-45 minutes to begin check-in. I didn't mind waiting because we arrived early and that was to be expected. The ladies working in the terminal were very rude, but I don't think they were actual Carnival employees so no big deal. Once the process started we made it through security and check-in very quickly and were on the boat in no time. We went straight up to the Lido deck and got a table and ate and relaxed until our rooms were ready around 12:45-1pm.

We were on Deck 9 and had 3 balcony rooms in a row. The steward opened up the dividers between our balconies and made it one big balcony, which was really nice. The rooms were spacious and clean and our room steward was very friendly and called us by name. There was plenty of storage space and the bathroom was better than I've had on previous boats because it actually had counter space and not just a free-standing sink. So, no complaints on the room.

I have to admit, as another review mentioned, my husband and I were a little disappointed on Sunday because of the lack of football games on. We had been told that Carnival would show the Sunday NFL games on the big screen on the Lido deck. There was one game on early in the day but you couldn't hear it. The only channel in our stateroom that showed football was fuzzy and unreliable all week. However, I was there to cruise not watch football so I didn't get too worked up about it. Read more