We are a family of four (2 adults, ages 50+ and twin daughters, age 15) who thoroughly enjoyed our cruise aboard the Carnival Sunshine.

We live in the Tampa Bay area, so it was a short, two-hour drive to Port Canaveral, we parked off-site at ParkNCruise (for a very reasonable $7.99 a day), were shuttled to the ship, and were on board in no time. We had a spacious balcony cabin (#8327) and our girls were across the hall in an interior cabin (#8329). I must say that we had a fabulous balcony space--one of the best we've ever had--and I so enjoyed sipping my coffee out there every morning as the sun came up. (I don't like the coffee on the ship and I don't like to pay extra, so I bring premium ground coffee, flavored creamer, and Splenda and put it all in the bottom of my French-Press coffee cup, add hot water (ordered from room service), and two minutes later, presto! fabulous (free!) coffee!)

We LOVED the food in the Main Dining Room--no reason to eat elsewhere for dinner--and our girls dressed up every night to join us (their father was very happy about this). We had early dining (6PM) and found our Wait Staff to be friendly and efficient. We were in and out in less than an hour every night. The food and service was definately one of the highlights of our cruise. Read more