Carnival usually has great itineraries and great value for money, which is why we usually choose them for most of our cruises including this past one. After this cruise, I have realized that the phrase "you get what you pay for" stands true when cruising.
CHECKING IN On embarkation day, we arrived early, to be confronted with a line that wrapped around the building. Usually, Carnival separates first-time cruisers (Blue tier), past guests (Gold tier), and 10+ voyage guests (Platinum tier). At Port Everglades, this was not done, and the security waved us through without even looking at our tickets and passports. The terminal was not air conditioned (and in Florida that's like being in an oven), so while we were with the agent getting our passports scanned, we almost finished, when the servers overheated and crashed. We had to start all over again, and boarding the boat took an additional hour.
SHIP EXPERIENCE
Cabin 6248 is supposed to be "port side" but we got the opposite view everytime. However it is very clean and has a large balcony. Noise isn't an issue in this cabin, and has clear 180 degree sight.