We sailed on the Victory Jan 18th 2009. Embarkation in San Juan was a breeze, sat in a VIP room while they printed our cards and were on our way in a matter of minutes. Next stop duty free, grabbed a few bottles of Goose for the room and three bottles of wine. For any wine drinkers out there the wine available in the duty free in San Juan is barely drinkable, either bring it from home or buy it in the dinning room. Stopped by the room to take a peek, before heading out to the festival of San Sebastian. First the room, we booked a category 11, just like on the Liberty, but, the room was about 25% smaller than the Liberty and no bidet. Well, that bothered us for about 30 seconds, then hey, it's not 20 degrees outside so YEAHHH we're finally here!! Whoo Hoo!!! The beds were arranged a bit different, again due to the smaller room, but it actually worked out better for us...the kids each had their own bed instead of sharing a queen, this means less bickering! Our room was spotless, we were in the room less than 5 minutes when we get a knock on the door. It was Neville our steward coming to introduce himself, he already knew all of our names and greeted us by name every time we saw him, an absolute doll! By the time we got to the ship my DH and I had been up for about 36 hours, so even though we were shot, we decided that this may be our only chance to see the Festival of San Sebastian, so back off the ship we go. The festival was crowded but we never felt in any way bothered or unsafe, everyone was there to have a good time. We sampled some authentic PR street food and listened to a great 11 piece band, really glad we went! Back on board dinner was open seating so we went around 6:30 when we got back on the ship and had a great waiter, even though we would never see him again, service was excellent! The ship itself is smaller than any we had been on before but very clean, and never really felt crowded. This is a port intensive cruise so it is not so important. What I really did miss was the fish and chips and the Mongolian BBQ, they provide some healthier options for lunch. I cannot really comment on the lunch buffet because it was always closed by the time we got back on board. That being said, our options for lunch were hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, or Caesar. That did get old real fast. We used the buffet for breakfast but there was no variety, ever. Not bad, but not good either. The lines were never all that long, so it allowed us to get off the ship quickly. We ate dinner in the dining room every night, so again, I cannot comment on the buffet dinner. Did walk by once and it didn't look bad. As for the dining room the service was excellent! The food was just mediocre. After two nights we realized we just needed to order sides of whatever veggie they had to make things a bit healthier. I am sure that a lot of people enjoyed the food, but we are spoiled in that DH is a high end chef. So for us it was a big step down, but I must stress, we are spoiled. I really missed the supper club option, where on other Carnival ships the food is much higher quality than that in the main dining areas. But again, we are here for the ports, not the food. Our waiter was Okto and his partner was Oscar. You are in for a treat if you are lucky enough to get them as your servers! We did not go to any of the shows, however the entertainment options were plenty. We loved the Latin band, the piano bar, and the girl that sings outside of the casino. The music on the Lido deck was not as frequent now that they have the big screen, yet when it was there it was also top notch. The guy singing in the atrium was also very good and so was the jazz band. Even if you never go to a show and are not a gambler, there is plenty of good music to be found every night. I have read other reports that complained of the PR's on the ship. Yes the constant double announcements did get old, but other than one group of horrible teenage boys, there really was no problem. As for the horrible teenage boys, I blame their parents, not the fact that they were PR (they were four brothers). Security had their hands full with these four, but they did pretty much handle it. I think with other's complaints of rude PR's they expect them to be the same as us mainlanders. We tend to have a larger view of personal space (about an arms length) than our island neighbors do. So what people may view as rude is just a different comfort level with much smaller personal space. Remember, a smile is universal and will get you a lot further than a sour puss! Go, have fun, enjoy new cultures. Actually the only really rude people we encountered were from Minnesota, now they were loud and very ignorant.