I was incredibly disappointed with the Triumph. We received an automated call from the cruise line telling us to arrive at 1:30 to board...unfortunately so did the other 3100 passengers. We STOOD in line for over 3 and a half hours just to get on board the ship. Children, elderly, and handicapped alike all had to wait while the TWO security lines passed us through. One of the security personnel was even going around taking wheel chairs away from elderly people who were not actually handicapped. It was appalling! Then the ship finally left port at 6:00 (two hours late) with no explanation as to why we were late. We were subsequently late into every port of call for the entire trip. This cut into excursion time, as well as any time to shop, eat, or explore on shore. The food was good, not great. Breakfast was everything you could expect, but nothing out of the ordinary. The best lunches came from either the deli or the pizzeria. The lunch in the dining room tended to be bland. Dinner was the one bright spot. The dinner service was amazing, friendly and courteous, and delicious too. The steak, prime ribs, lamb, ribs, snapper were all amazing....the seafood (shrimp, scallops, calamari) was rubbery and chewy and flavorless. Room service was NEVER on time, and got our order right only ONCE the entire trip. After day three we stopped even trying. Possibly the most disappointing thing to me was the on board entertainment. Not the quality...The singers and dancers were extremely talented....almost every show was in either the casino bar or lounge or some other smoking area. The smoke was thick enough to make me cough on several occasions. On one occasion I was sitting in the lounge and started to cough, my server offered me a water. When I said yes she asked for my sail and sign card!! I got up and left.

I was highly disappointed and when I told the service desk, they seemed put off not that they had done anything wrong, but that I had had the nerve to complain.

WILL NEVER CRUISE CARNIVAL AGAIN!