About us: Me 36, DW 38 and DS 2. This was our 9th cruise (previous 8 with RCCL) and our son's first cruise (and Flight).
Since RCCL is what we know, we used that to compare our experience. I will do this in more of an informal and itemized style.
Over all, it was a really good cruise. I would cruise Carnival again but ONLY as an alternative to RCCL.
Plenty of room, plenty of storage and good overall layout. Not a great location, to close to the elevators and high traffic. Also right accross from the attendant area so noisy at times. Overall, really nice. GREAT beds.