We arrived in Barcelona a day early and spent that time touring the city. I am so glad we did. Barcelona is a beautiful city and the Ramblas area is great. Also, be sure to tour The Barri Gothic area.

We boarded the ship on Friday 5/16. The staff was very organized and since we have a suite, took us less than 30 minutes to be in our cabin. We had Ocean Suite 7149 and it was in a great location and very quite. Our cabin Steward "G" was ok. The cabin was great - colors very light, great flat screen TV, and great bed. The balcony had 4 chairs and end table - good size.

The public areas are very nice - updated colors etc. Carnival got it right in the buffet area. Gone is the long, long single line were you had to wait for people to get a salad before moving on to the main dishes. The Sunshine has the buffet broken out into around 8 stations - from salads, to desserts, to the main dishes. There is also a deli and pizza stations. The ship was full and we never waited in a line to get our breakfast or lunch. Overall the food was very good. The other great addition was Guy's Burger Joint - on of the best burgers I have had. The main dining room service was ok - food good. A new Restaurant (cost 12 pp. at night) is Asian style call Ji JI. The food was wonderful, some of the best at sea. Read more