Just got back off the Carnival Dream today. This was our 6th Carnival Cruise. It was an "OK" cruise, not our favorite. The boat was nice, but very very large, with lots of people on it. We are casual cruisers, and we don't ever eat in the main dining room, so I can't review that for you. Embarkation was fine, we got to the port around 1 and we were on the boat within 30 minutes. We did have to wait until 1:30 to get to our room, so we "attempted" to get some lunch on the Lido deck. We ended up at the grill getting a hot dog, as like much of the cruise the lines at the Lido buffett were long and the food was "weird" and very rich(they had baked beans as a breakfast choice 3 mornings but no pancakes)

Our room was a balcony room and very nice and spacious as always. The room steward was excellent. As others have stated in previous reviews, the slamming of balcony doors, and main doors, was annoying, also the walls seemed to be thinner than on past Carnival cruises. Also, there was only one power outlet per room. The boat itself did seem to move quite a bit more than other boats we have sailed on. The rocking on the second night was terrible and made me seas sick.

Days at sea were just OK, not a whole lot to do unless you wanted to drink and sit by the pool (if you could find a seat) I did the spin class in the gym twice, which was nice but expensive, $12 plus tip for 40 minutes. The main gym was very small for such a large boat and the AC never seemeed to work very well in the gym as it was always hot. Read more