Embarkation: What a breeze. I'm sure we were on the boat within 15 minutes from getting out of the taxi. If only airlines would work this well.

The Room: We had a minisuite on the 11th floor right near the front of the ship. The room was perfect for the 4 of us with more than enough space. We slept on the fold out couch and the kids had the singles.

The Ship: The ship was beautiful but we both commented that we were more impressed with the ship of our first sailing (Carnival Triumph). Ship was always clean and after walking around once had no difficulty finding anything. The large pools were great, and our almost 3 yr old really enjoyed the kids pool - salt free and just deep enough for her to have a riot. The hot tub at the kids pool was often empty except for me, my wife and whatever we were drinking. Read more