We chose this cruise because of the size of the ship, one of the largest ships doing a short itinerary. The date we required happened to be the cheapest of the year.

This was my 7th time on Carnival and i am now questioning my loyalty to them. They have cut A LOT of corners in the last 6 years since i have sailed, and it has really taken a toll on the quality of the vacation. If it were one cut back, one wouldn't be so apt to care, but there were dozens of obvious changes that combined made for a lower quality cruising experience.

* Room Stewards only clean the room once a day now. WHen you arrive you are told to choose am or pm cleaning. In hind sight i would have given the room steward an extra tip and asked for both am and pm. But i had no idea just how much only once a day would impact the room. Read more