So, the brand new ship in Carnival's line lived up to its billing. Our cruise we had 4,800 people, but you never really felt that way as the ship is large enough to disperse crowds all over the place. We had balcony room 2381, which was located under the life boats. Being that low to the water originally scared my wife, but the location was awesome down there. The room itself was awesome and satisfied our needs. Or cabin steward, Rigoberto, was always around keeping our room tidy so no complaints there.

Only real complaints I could think of was all of the kids on the ship, but when you cruise in middle of summer, what do you expect? Kids for the most part behaved, but no way i could get into the pools on sea days as there were just to many people. The food in the marketplace buffet was so so, as is most buffet food. Specialty restaurants such as Ji ji, Fahrenheit 500, and the Italian restaurant were awesome as well.

Other than that, staff was awesome, always tipped them on my free drink purchases even though we had pre paid gratuity. I had to tip extra as there are always dummies who work them to death, without even a thank you to the staff. Casino was awesome, besides it taking all of my money. Had a good time in Ochos Rios, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. Read more