This was our 2nd cruise but our first on Carnival.

Embarking seemed to take long but we stood in line only about an hour. Not bad when you're getting close to 2000 people on board. People were friendly and helpful and we were putting our stuff in our room by 1:30.

We booked a guaranteed oceanview room and we were assigned a nice room on the 7th floor facing the aft of the ship. The room and bathroom were nice size, beds were already made into queen size bed, and the room was clean. No complaints here. Read more