I have never written a review and I tend not to put a lot of stock into what people say in the reviews because my experience has been that reviews are subjective and everyone has a different set of criteria. Well this is one boat that I wish we had taken the reviews seriously. Plus our experience with Carnival up until this point has been positive, so again we ignored the reviews. We are done with Carnival for a long time.

I will start off with the positives. The boat is big and beautiful and the crew is always cleaning it. The downside of all that cleaning is that it happens at the most inopportune times. For example, in the middle of your breakfast in the Marketplace Cafe, it is not unusual to smell bleach or pine sol. Or to have big fans blowing because they washed the carpets. I just think they could find a better time to tackle these tasks. I did feel that the ship was "germ" free. You did not see any sick passengers and they had hand sanitizer and tissue to hold the door knobs every where. They were doing a good job at holding off the viruses.

Now the negatives. Read more