This was a cruise for my sister's retirement celebration. Unfortunately we had a serious illness in my family just prior to leaving and my husband stayed at home. Carnival was horrible to deal with. Guest Services were of no help - they couldn't resolve anything. Carnival arbitrarily cancelled shore excursions, added restaurant reservations (some all on the same night and time) and then wiped out my credit card so we didn't have charging privileges. Each time I figured out they had screwed up something it meant a 45 min. wait in line at Guest Services. I would be told it was taken care of then I'd find out it wasn't, leading to extra charges, rebooking shore excursions and hoping I would get a refund. The standard reply was " in 7 -10 days when you get off the cruise we should refund your money to your credit card." Couldn't give me a receipt or anything. When asked what if they don't? I was told take it up with Carnival's main office. So far no refunds have appeared. Surprise. I had booked two balcony rooms and a suite. You couldn't get to the rooms until 1:30pm day of embarkation. That's normal, however this ship has nowhere to go until then. We boarded at 1pm. Not a seat or place to stand anywhere. The ship was very hot and stayed that way throughout the cruise. Everyone was complaining. My sister's room had no air conditioning so they brought her a fan and thought she'd be happy. It took day 3 before she had air conditioning in her room. Never saw anyone cleaning. Not surprised we had a family member get ill. Food in dining room was awful. Tiny portions and no flavor. Pig and Anchor was good at lunch but awful at night. Didn't have the items to make the drinks they advertised. Food was very cold and took forever. Lobster shak was awful. Food took forever and then tasted like grocery store frozen shrimp and seafood salad. I did enjoy the trivia onboard. The cruise director and staff were pleasant and fun. The steakhouse and other pay restaurants were good except for the ones mentioned above. The casino was very small and terribly smokey. This was my last Carnival cruise - the staff could care less if your problem was resolved and the entire ship was disorganized. The lack of sanitizing was troublesome. The elevator board was disgusting -it never got cleaned. Many of the handwashing stations were out of order.