I've sailed Disney, Royal Carribean, Norwegian and now Carnival.

My biggest concern with Carnival is food safety.

The first item I ordered to eat, there was a hair in my food. This happens and isn't a big deal to me, and they were apologetic and remade it immediately. But upon standing there as they remade at the burger place, I observed a food service member dip his hands in the products they were serving behind the line (rice and beans and corn mix it appeared like, in the burrito section right next to the burgers), scoop up some of the mix in the palm of his hand with his glove on, proceed to put the food mix in his mouth with the glove on, then continue working with food without changing gloves. This is stuff that causes outbreaks on cruise ships. He looked right at me and smiled as if he has no clue he was doing anything wrong. I brought this to an employees attention who said she would notify her manager right away. I was shocked to say the least. Read more