Earlier this summer, we cruised on the Carnival Breeze. It seemed to us that the Breeze entertainment and cruise staff were focused on gutter humor and raunchiness. The guests lowered themselves to the level of the cruise staff and the Breeze turned into a huge floating trailer park. Worse yet, we were shocked and devastated to learn that some new cost-cutting scheme called Entertainment 2.0 had forced the show band musicians and dancers, the lounge band, and others to walk the plank.

After many years of Carnival loyalty, we almost took our business elsewhere in search of common decency and to flee from Entertainment 2.0. I am so glad I listened to my wife, who had sailed twice on the Dream. She wanted me to experience the Dream before we gave up on Carnival and I am so glad that I did. Now we might stay with Carnival, if we can just find another ship that still has the excellent entertainment we came to expect fleet-wide in the good old days. In fact, on the flight home from Florida, my wife convinced a regular Disney cruiser that his next cruise would be on the Carnival Dream.

The Dream is a dream! Just take a look around: it is obviously, absolutely beautiful! The captain and officers were very cool. The cruise staff and entertainers were friendly and professional. The dining room and housekeeping staff were attentive and cheerful, as always.My wife has cruised many times and she is always most excited about the theater shows when she boards a ship. We were really scared it was going to be another Entertainment 2.0 letdown, like we had suffered through on the Breeze. WHAT AN AWESOME SURPRISE WAS IN STORE FOR US ON THE DREAM! Although I had never heard of "Dancin' in the Streets," this was my wife's third time seeing it and she says it gets better every time! The Cruise Director advertised this show as the best show on the high seas, and I agree it has to be one of the very best. It is certainly the most entertaining of Carnival's shows. There is so much to watch with multiple things going on simultaneously. Such attention to detail is a delight to experience. I also enjoyed the way the Cruise Director introduced the Show Band before each show, as if to say, "Yes, we still believe in live music." It really makes a difference. The canned music in the Breeze shows was so stale and lifeless, like a giant karaoke machine. But the entertainment was super on the Dream with real dancers and real musicians. Read more