This was my first time on a Carnival cruise and my wife's second. She had sailed on the Paradise back in October for the 4 day run. We booked this cruise back in February, and the prices were high then. They eventually came back down to a more agreeable range a month before we sailed, and Carnival made the adjustments with no questions asked. Working with our PVP has always been a pleasure, and we will continue to use her.

EMBARKATION -- Our group of 10 drove to LA from Phoenix on Friday and arrived at the Long Beach terminal about 2:30PM. The line was not very long, and moved quickly. Checkout at the desk was delayed due to listing my CPAP machine with Carnival. Everybody, and I mean everybody, had a concern that I brought it with me! I had to answer questions about it 3 times before we were able to get to our room. They had put a block on our check in and delayed us getting it unblocked due to the CPAP (this took the agent and 2 managers to get a release, with more questions about the CPAP), and I alarmed at the card check on board and was sent to the information desk where I was asked about it again. Thanks for the concern, but did we really need to do it this much?

The room was very clean, and we met our room steward Rio for the first time. He was very friendly and efficient. Our ice bucket was always full and the towel animals were entertaining. Our inside cabin was larger than I had expected. The only complaint was the life vest locker blocking the end of the bed. The bathroom was spotless, and the shower worked very well with hot water never being a problem. Read more