Background

For more than 10 years, cruising to me meant a Carnival Cruise. In fact from May 1994 to September 2005 my wife, Stephanie and I cruised 13 times on Carnival. Over that time we experienced most of the ship classes and considered ourselves to be quite adept at getting around and knowing the drill so to speak. So the prospect of trying out a whole new line had us a little intimidated. Considering this, you'll see that this review will probably serve as much as a comparison of the two lines as it does a review of the cruise itself. Of course I haven't written it yet, so these facts might be just be useless drivel that will only serve to dissuade you from reading this ridiculously wordy review. Oh, lets just get on with it.

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