We traveled with 24 of our friends and family,ages from 7 to 65, most of us veteran cruisers, some past Carnival passengers, and some like my husband and I who mostly have sailed with Royal Caribbean. We booked this cruise mostly because of price, the sailing was pretty cheap as cruises go, so on a recommendation of those who had previously sailed with Carnival we decided to take the plunge on the "Fun Ship".

EMBARKATION was pretty easy, no problems there, good organization at the pier and we were on the ship in probably 1/2 hour.

OUR BALCONY state room on Empress deck, was not ready until 1:00 so we decided to wait in the hall since it was around 12:40 when we got on board. My first impression of the ship was how very nice the room was. Carnival ships truly do have larger state rooms and the storage is amazing. The balcony is very small but has 2 chairs and a small table. The room was very clean and the beds were very comfy. We spent a lot of time out there and it was wonderful. Our steward kept the room perfectly. Read more