We flew to Miami and stayed at the Crowne Plaza near the airport and it was a great experience with very friendly people. We got up the day and went to the port, we went to early which was our choice and had to wait longer. When we were able to board everything went great. We had a great experience on the ship and our balcony was wonderful, will never sail again without a balcony. The Victory was very clean and the employees were always nice and helpful. The food I thought was very good and especially in the dining room. The shows were very good. We decided to take our luggage off ourselves and was off the ship before we new it headed to the airport. All in all my husband and I had a wonderful time,this is my second cruise with Carnival and would return again. Don't base your trip on bad reviews, there are always people that can not be satisfied, you need to go and make your on review. We loved it.......