This was my third cruise on Carnival and had good experiences previous. This experience was good, but not as good. The last two cruises I left out of New Orleans. Getting on the boat there was a complete nightmare, but Miami was better. Getting onto the ship took about 1 1/2 - 2 hours... not bad compared to almost 3 hours in New Orleans while playing musical chairs.
I don't recall the first ship I sailed on, but the last was the Conquest. The Victory seemed to have a similar layout, but the Conquest was a nicer ship... and in better shape.
Immediately we noticed our room wasn't cooling. We were on the Verandah deck in room 8322... an interior cabin. I thought it could be that we were in port still and waited until we started sailing. I finally called the pursers desk around 9PM and they acknowledged the problem and that they didn't have a time frame. By Monday morning the room was adequate... probably 75F, but on vacation I like to keep my hotels etc very cold. It was a minor annoyance, but we made the best of it.