I went on the cruise with a group. My group was good but Carnival was lacking. Even with the large group I came with (approx. 180 people) we kept getting bumped from our reserved space for things like stupid art actions. I can garuntee that I am going to push my group to go back to Celebrity or Royal Caribbean for all future cruises.
I am used to the service Celebrity and Royal Caribbean, both of whom take very good care of you. Next, my room attendent only checked once a day and wasn't very helpful at any other time. If I asked for something like a dry towel to take to the pool, you would have thought I had asked for the moon. The one night I went to the dining room, after an hour we still hadn't received our main dishes. I didn't bother to go back.
Now I am still sitting and waiting more than 90 minutes after we docked and despite the fact I kept my luggage and should have had a quick off, I am still sitting on deck 5 and not allowed to leave. I have a 14 hour drive home ahead of me and this poor planning is completely unacceptable. Basicly unless you are a good or platinum member you don't matter.
The cabin was very generic. It was okay, but not great. The mattresses need to be updated.
I did t get out of the port do to distance to travel to reach excursion points.
Decent port. Stick to paradise beach if you don't book a tour.
I just spent the night before the cruise. Good beach walking from a hotel right on the water.