There are so many reviews that say the same thing, so I am not going to give a daily run down of our trip. Let me start by saying this was our first cruise and my husband was totally against it!! By the last day he was ready to get home and book another one! The staff was really good, the room steward kept our room picked up constantly. We ate in the Wind Song dining room every night and the waiter and waitress were the best...they learned the names of everyone at our table and even when I saw her during the day in the grill she would still call us by name. Maybe I am easily impressed but WOW!!! We are not big drinkers, but we had a couple of Pina Coladas (they were awesome) each day, and did a little shopping. Total spent on our sail and sign (with added gratuity) $295.00. I thought this was a really affordable vacation. We opted not to do any of the excursions through Carnival. In Progresso we took the free shuttle, did some shopping then walked 2 blocks to the Corona Beach Club, to go on the beach there you had to book through Carnival, but we sat up on the porch and had the BEST guacamole ever!! Then we walked outside about 40 feet and boom FREE BEACH!! Right next door, the only thing at Corona was they had drinking games and a DJ (not worth the extra money unless you were looking to party). In Cozumel we went to the big pier (about 1/2 mile) and took a glass bottom boat tour...my DH does not like water so he liked staying on the boat and seeing the fish through the glass, the tour guide even swam under the boat and fed the fish so that they would come under the boat...I got to snorkel, it was my first time and it was GREAT!!! That was about a 3 hour tour so we had plenty of time to play, we walked into to Senor Frogs "just to use the bathroom"...yeah right we walked out 3 hours later. We are not usually big drinkers, but this was just toooo much fun!!!

Couple of things I was not happy with...if you went to any event (be it a show, or contests) you had to get there a little early to get a seat and then if you saw a waitress she was absolutely not interested unless you were drinking alcohol. If you wanted a glass of water or tea you had to walk back to the grill area at the back of the ship. Not a huge deal but if you get thirsty and don't want an alcoholic drink you are pretty much out of luck. The other thing is anyone who doesn't smoke and says they were not bothered by smoke on this ship is crazy!!! I grew up in a house of smoke and noticed the smell everywhere...my DH was severely congested due to the smoke! I had heard that there was only a certain side of the ship for smoking, well I couldn't tell you which side that would be because everywhere we went someone had a Cuban cigar.

This was definitely the best vacation we have ever taken and I would suggest this ship to anyone looking for a totally relaxing week away from real life!!