This was my first and last cruise on a Carnival ship. I prefer Royal Caribbean! Let me begin. We had a balcony room mid ship; cabin 8259. I loved the balcony. I did not like the layout of the ship.

The promenade deck was level 5; but it was not a straight through promenade. Part of the floor was accessible via this elevator and then the other was via another.

The entertainment was poor. On the Royal I was used to a show in the theater every night. I purposely selected the early dining time so we could attend the evening show. There was 2 evening shows in the theater. The last one was cancelled because of the rough seas. Other offerings were a comedy show, but it would reach maximum capacity so that was off limits. The casino, I'm not a gambler and can't stand the smoke! They offered bingo almost every night; again I'm not a gambler. There were trivia games and other non-real entertainment. I was looking for dancing, music variety type shows. Read more