The boarding process was a disaster we arrived at 1:30 and stood in line for 90 minutes. There were 4700 people (1200 kids) on our cruise and it was mayhem. We were shocked to see only 10 reps doing check in at the lower lobby before being sent upstairs where many reps were avaialable to hand out keys. Been on EPIC and Allure OS in the last 12 months and in both cases we were onboard within 30 minutes. Carnival Check-in was terrible - F
Lunch in the "Lido" - good food quality if you could get to it, lines, lines, lines - blocking the doors and access. Facility was not designed to handle the load of passengers. We encountered this problem each time we went to "Lido" so we avoided it. Only good days were port days - when the food selection and quality was fair to good - C
Dining Room - Saphire upper deck fixed seating - service ok, menu ok, food - average. Comedy brunch was nice on Sea daysOverall C
Cabin 11212 is an inside Spa Cabin at the end of the deck under the gym. The cabin was very roomy and efficient with lots of storage space. Everything was in order and it was spotless. There is access to a forward facing deck a few steps away which is very nice and access to gym, spa, and Serenity deck is facilitated by a small elevator - very nice.BEWARE: being directly under the weight room of the gym results in being awakened very early when somebody is working out with weights and they drop them, this happens starting early in the morning and continues intermittantly through the day. Friends were in cabin 11219 and experienced same pounding. We went up and asked the people to stop dropping wieghts, some complied, some did not.