We choose the Vista because it was a newly added ship to the Carnival fleet. We are avid cruisers with Platinum status and have taken over 50 cruises, 35 of these being on Carnival.
We traveled with my family, ages ranging 19 years to 70. All of us have traveled on Carnival many times.
Embarkation was quick and easy due to our Platinum status but did notice the other lines were quite long for others.
Our cabin was on the 11th floor 11237. The cabin has nice storage and nice furnishings.
On three occasions one being morning, afternoon and one night they turned the sprinklers on one floor above apparently for window washing so it literally drowned our deck. Our chairs and floor were soaked for hours and we could not sit outside until it dried.