Getting onto the boat was stress free. We waited in line for about 15 minutes, to get our fun pass. To my surprise we were made to pay the total tip charge before we were able to put personal spending money on the card. if u pay with CC, at the end of your cruise u don't need to close out your acct. they do it for u, buy if u pay cash its your response. to close out your bal at the end of the cruise. The ship was clean. It takes a while to get use to where u r going, but u get the hang of it. Got a lil sea sick, nothing that kept me in my room, but I felt dizzy and nau. at times...so pop a dramamine if your not used to cruises, which the customer service desk gives u them free...The food was good...I expected more, since all u hear (or at least me) were people telling me the food was WONDERFUL...It wasn't wonderful, but it was good...Def. alot of food, ALL THE TIME...The 24 hour pizza and ice cream bars were nice...Drinks were overly price but i didn't expect them not to be..a can of soda is 1.95, i bought a BBC (its like a mix of pina colada and bananas)..very good and that was about $10...but they have a soda card, which is $20 for the whole cruise and since I traveled with my 2 children, it was well worth it. u get tea, water, OJ, lemonade and coffee free...I saw two shows, they were good..now its no Vegas show but its nice...I went during springs break so let me tell u there were KIDS EVERYWHERE...from what the employees said, 50 percent of the people on the cruise where under 18..so that was about 1000 children..now since this was a trip that i planned with my children, it was great for them. They made lots of friends but if u are looking for a quite getaway with your honey, then no way!!!!..but again, it was during spring break..When I got back home, I asked other friends who had been on the same cruise but on a different month..and they said that there was not alot of children on the boat...Camp carnival was good..my girls liked it..my lil one (4years old) more then the big one (10 years old)..but if your looking to spend the whole day alone..u will be disappointed..Camp carnival only keeps them for about 2 to 4 hours at a time..they have late nights and special activities for them but that is extra $$$..the late nights starting at 10pm to 3am..and its 6/hour..There were plenty of things to do on the cruise, so u will not be bored...We went to Cozumel, Mexico and did the beach excursion...take my advise don't do the deluxe, its a waste...the food was not all that great..besides u can order from the cash bar....we ate a big breakfast before we got off the boat and it held us over till we got back on...the beach was nice...it had plenty of things to do..and with just the regular excur..we got unlimited alcoholic drinks...we took a taxi from the port and the taxi drivers knew exactly where to take us. They were very nice...We did some shopping before and after the excursion..thats were i spent most of my money..the port had alot of nice stores...Cozumel was not the nicest place as far as beautiful..lots of trees..im sure other parts of mexico are beautiful though..getting back on the boat was not a problem. The captain dinner was nice..lots of photo opps. the food in the dinning area was good, service was great too...so all and all, I would recommend this cruise...the only thing i will do on my next cruise different, is to make sure I take dramamine BEFORE I get on the cruise...other then that u will have a good time....