Howdy! I'm still awfully tired today, but I wanted to try and get a review posted to help out anyone sailing soon that wanted more info. I'll try and keep this organized, but please forgive me if there any grammatical or spelling errors, etc. And please forgive the excessive length... I get on a roll and I can't seem to stop writing!!
By the way... when we booked our Splendor Cruise, we thought "Well, it probably won't measure up to cruising with Princess, but it's a cruise, and any cruise should be pretty good, and we got a really good deal and it fits with our schedule." I stand corrected... it was every bit as good as our Princess cruise, and in some respects even better!! I wouldn't hesitate to book Carnival again in a heartbeat!!
There were 9 of us in two families, consisting of 2 married couples and 5 kids, including one girl 11 yrs, and 4 boys 16 yrs, 15 yrs, 8 yrs and 6 yrs. We sailed on the Splendor April 12-19, and stayed in 4 rooms, all insides: 8298, 8294, 8290 and 8286 - Verandah Deck.
8298 was directly below the Lido Deck Pool bar, and on the nigths there were deck parties, the music was quite loud in our room - lighter sleepers should not book this room.