I wanna be fair, this is a value cruise and I get that and I honestly had a very good time, state rooms are comfortable and where cleaned regularly, casino was fun, spent quite a few bucks in the slots and playing blackjack, the host treated me and the wife with "free drinks" and brought some cookies and a certificate for a bottle of wine to stateroom which I appreciated.

Where I always have issues with Carnival and this was our second trip with them, is the food!! Main dining room dinner was fine on the 3 nights we used it, however the food and service at the main dining room for breakfast and brunch was terrible, very slow and almost not edible. Buffett we didn't do, just not our thing however we did try the pizza station which was good and you could get a decent deli sandwich or a fairly taste Guys burger, which had weird limited hours of 12 to 6??? Why?

Pool area was always very crowded and the music was so loud!! I avoided it unless we had to walk through, upper decks where nice and the back serenity area was good but man it got crowded fast! (Best spot is forward near the putt putt top deck) Read more