Background:

I cruised with my wife on the Elation this past weekend, from 9/27-10/01. We are both in our early-mid 20's, with two kids that stayed with my mother-in-law for the weekend. I am a full-time student and work part-time, and my wife also works part-time. We chose this particular cruise because it fit our difficult schedules, and it leaves from San Diego, which happens to be where we live. This is our second cruise, and our first with Carnival. We cruised this past January on RCL, a 4-night SD-Catalina-Ensenada trip on the Monarch of the Seas.

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