Plus Points: Beautiful spacious ship - 110,000 tons on 13 decks Interior dEcor far more restrained than usual for Carnival Fewer intrusive announcements than previous Carnival cruises Spacious comfortable cabin with plenty of closet space Good shows, Good dinner menus offering lots of choices and the biggest lobster I have ever had on a cruise.

Negative Points: Lido Buffet (Red Sail Restaurant) badly organized creating long lines. Apart from cereals all hot and cold items on the same counters. On our previous Carnival cruises the continental breakfast items were separate Lido Buffet choices at breakfast display lots of niggling cost cutting: Many items only available some days e.g. pancakes, French toast, porridge, and grits. Some items not available at all e.g. oatmeal, meusli and english muffins Jam only available from one big jar on the counter, no individual portions. The same for syrup for french toast. Very little fresh fruit at breakfast, only melon and grapefruit. Lido Buffet choices for evening meals was abysmal compared to the dining room menu.

On the night our tour was back late the only starter was soup, there was only one salad, two entrees pork or fish and the deserts were the same as lunchtime. Dining Room dinner menus no longer mention that a grilled steak, chicken or salmon is available as an alternative to the listed entrees. Our Assistant Maitre D'' did however confirm that they are still available. They clearly don't wish to encourage people asking for them. Read more