First off let me start off with that I LOVE Carnival, and I will sail with them again.
My family and I recently sailed on the Ecstasy. My third trip on her, and my 7 cruise on CCL. My family consisted of my husband(48), 4 of our kids(17,14,13,11) and myself(37).
The good:
Debarkation was a little strange with no announcements, but overall it was great
Not a bog fan of Nassau, very ran down but they seem to be working on improvements
Stingray Adventure and I would do it again in a second. It was great even though I got a Stingray Hickey during the feeding(the stingray gave me a hickey when trying to find the food), but it left me with some great stories!
Was so awesome having snacks and drinks readily available in our cabana. We loved the BBQ, but the snacks were nice throughout the day. It also was nice for my son to have a place to lay down and rest when he was done swimming and we were not all ready to leave. It also was cool in there due to the air conditioner.