Ok this was our first time ever cruise and I am going to try to cover the good and the bad.As background I'm 26 and was sailing with my husband and I have a history of motion sickness.

Getting one the ship was very easy maybe took a max of 45 minutes. I have heard a lot about how strict Carnival is with sneaking alcohol on board and that is defiantly not true.I stuck a bottle of airline rum in my bra and it didn't even set off the metal detectors.I also heard from several people who used Listerine bottles and water bottles with no trouble. My husband had a bottle of water in his backpack that was not shaken or anything. Also drink prices are not nearly as bad on ship as people made it seem. I'm from Atlanta and drink prices are about what we see in bars here. Maybe 6 dollars for a bar the most expensive cocktails are 9. I liked the Mocha Chocolate getaway and Pina Colada best. Although the Pina Colada's on Half Moon Cay were way better for some reason. In the future I want to sail on a ship with a cheers card because we had about a $350 bar tab and I stopped myself from getting drinks a couple of times because of cost but we are fairly heavy drinkers. I highly suggest not going straight to Lido as soon as you get on the boat and look around a little first when you have the boat to yourself. Also two place were very hard to find which where the serenity deck( Go either down the stairs outside Coconut Grove or through the comedy club) and the front of the ship (Through the Place Theater on the side hallway.)

One of the worst thing about the trip was the water on the Lido Deck tasted awful and so did tea, coffee, or anything else made with it. This was only true of the Lido deck. I was pretty thrilled that one night I just wanted Orange juice for Mimosa's in my room and room service brought it to me so I didn't have to get it from Lido. I only got one grilled cheese sandwich from room service and didn't like it because the cheese was barely melted. The best thing I got out the dining room without a doubt was the lobster I wish I had gotten two plates of it. My Chateaubriand was a little disappointing since I have had before and it just was not that great. I didn't like my food that much one other night but usually I got an appetizer and soup so it was ok. None of the appetizers are huge like the restaurants here. Dinner took at least an hour and a half each night which stopped me from ordering more then one entree. The most important advice I can give is check your sign and sail accounts religiously because on Formal night we got charged for a $50 dollar bottle of wine we did not order. Read more