This was our first time on Carnival and we loved it. I booked just about the time of the Triumph incident and the Dream issue. Our family was not sure what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised at the service,quality of food and amenities on the Dream. We have cruised Royal Caribbean and Disney in the past and have always shied away from Carnival based on others opinions. We could only find very slight differences between this cruise and others and nothing was a deal breaker so now we will include Carnival as one of our choices. Are we loyal to one cruise line, probably not.
Embarkation was a breeze. We parked at Cruise Parking of Port Canaveral which was great and inexpensive. Drop off and pick up was easy. Since we did not have to wait for other passengers to disembark we were on the ship in less than an hour from parking to on the ship by 11:00 AM.
We ate dinner every night in the MDR and had great service and did not find anything that we did not like. Even though we were on a Spring Break cruise we were able to get our late dining switched to early dining once on the ship as we had our five year old granddaughter with us who loves eating in the dining room. My DH loved the more casual dining room attire but everyone still looked nice. Of course living in Florida we do have a more casual atmosphere to dining.