I should start off by saying that I traveled with my husband, we are 25 yrs old and this was our first cruise. WIth that said, we really don't have other cruises to compare this to, but these are our experiences...Over all, I'm not sure if i'd book another carnival cruise. Only if I got a really good deal on it. Another review posted it was the "walmart of cruises" I might have to agree on this one.

Embark - Very smoothly. We got there around 11:00pm expecting to wait until 1:30 to board the ship and we got on no lines no waiting. We already had our funpass filled out, as well as our Bahamas immigration form filled out so we didn't have to wait in any of those lines. Very smooth process. We were on the boat by 11:30 and eating at the Red Sail by 12:00.

1 problem: I have out of control bloodsugar problems. ie: I'm on a strict meal time schedule, etc. If I stick to eating my three meals a day plus snacks I don't have problems. But when I eat at different times it throws me completely off...Well, we noticed that we had the wrong seating assignment on our sign and sale cards - so we headed straight to the dining room. Explained to the Maitre D that I have bloodsugar problems and needed to eat at either 5:45 or 6:15. He said he'd put me on a waiting list, (we were first on the list) but then added in a very sarcastic tone that there was plenty of food to eat on the ship and if I wanted to eat early around 6:00 I might as well just eat at the Red Sail for dinner and not come to the dining room. I was VERY upset by this. STRIKE ONE... Read more