1) there was a constant feeling of being nickled and dimed.selling us something. 2)having the main dinning room on deck 2 aft, directly over the screws, made for a good number of passengers who were upset by the motion.Most ships I have been on have the dinning on deck 5 or 6. 3)no place for those wishing to sit on a lounger, but in the shade.Other ships have lots of room with loungers in shaded areas. 4) the large number of areas allowing smoking. much more than most ships we have sailed on. we simply skipped these, including the casino. 5)most ship have a covered glassed in area at the boy with a specialty pool or such for cruisers. this ship had none. 6) telling people to use a credit card or drivers liscence, but not a sign and sail card to lock or unlock the cabin safe.ridiculous, as a safe is to keep these cards safe while on board. the ships card, of course, worked fine. the specialty restaurant and overall dinning was excellent. most cruisers we talked to felt an 8 day cruise with 4 days at sea, and only 3 ports seemed unusual.but on sail days, the ship ran a never ending aray of sales of various ships items. the second last day, each passenger was phoned and told they had won a special prize at the spa, which turned out to be a half price sale, overall, after 24 cruises on celebrity, princess, royal caribean, and one on norwegan, we have some balance and fairness to our reviews. I have had my one carnival cruise. I enjoyed the ports(though we were to each before, but will in the future stay where I am comfortable. if I were to give this an overall grade out of 10, it would be a three.

a princess was opposite us on one stop, and at a glance we could see their balconies were about double the size of ours. we had a large outside with a balcony, but the was not even room for a straight back chair in the cabin. the bed was so close to the bulkhead, only the smallest night stand I have seen could fit there.we were on carnival miracle. cabin 5164. the staff and people we met were great, the planning of where to put what was simply not there. too many smoking areas. my comments mirror many we heard from many passengers our age, as we ate most meals in the main dinning room.after 24 cruises(2 this year) we know what usual is.