We are a couple from the UK aged 31 & 33 and have previously cruised with RCI, Carnival, MSC and NCL and this cruise was the 10 night Greek and Italy cruise.

The ship is the best one we have been on. Having previously been on a Carnival ship in the Caribbean we were slightly apprehensive as we found that ship a bit garish and plastic. However we were delighted to find a modern, sleek and sophisticated ship awaiting us on the Vista.

We had a premium balcony cabin on deck 6 at the back. The cabin was great with a huge balcony and located in a good part of the ship for us. We did have some noise issues from the Havanna bar on the first night but these were quickly resolved by guest services. Only thing is the bathroom has the cursed shower curtain - we felt Carnival should have upgraded to screens on a new ship particularly in premium cabins. One Other minor issue is the balcony door which is a door rather than a sliding patio. However noise wise it was people slamming cabin doors that was more of an issue than the balcony door. Read more