We chose it to take ourselves and our adult kids together for 5 days. We live in Myrtle Beach but 2 of my sons live in Miami. The first problem was finding parking. Carnival's site simply refers you to the Port of Miami's website which is equally useless. We arrived about 1/2 hour early and were told by a female baggage handler that we could park in garage K. When we got to garage K the sign said "Royal Caribbean Employee Parking". We found another entrance to K garage but the gates were open and no attendant was there we found a space and parked but the cars around us had Royal Caribbean parking hangers. I didn't want to risk getting towed so we left. Garage F (near Terminal F with the Celebration) was marked as full and by the time we got parked, regrouped and to the gate we were late for our time. Fortunately things went smoothly from there as they were very well organized inside the terminal. In the cabin things were new and shiny with additional 110 VAC outlets and USB outlets on the desk/counter. The lights are activated by putting a key card (or any card) in the slot by the door, which is the only way to turn out all the lights. There is a night light in the bathroom that is always on when the keycard is inserted. Another, not as bright, is in the clear glass fridge, which can't be turned off. There are 2 reading lights with USB outlets on either side of the bed and one near the bathroom by the sofa/bed. There are no outlets near the bed so those of you with CPAP machines will have to borrow and extension cord (or bring your own) and run it across the cabin floor to the bedside. Bring a multitap 110 VAC plug adapter if you have multiple CPAPs or want to charge your phone by the bed. I borrowed the small cabinet that was under the sofa bed reading light as the 2 u shaped metal shelves by the bed looked a bit small for the CPAP machine. The bathroom and shower are smaller than on older ships like the Glory, the Pride, and the Sunshine. which may be a problem for larger individuals. There are swinging glass doors for the shower which opens wider than it would first appear to. The shower has a 5 foot hose and can be taken down from it's mount but the stream is so weak it barely bubbles out if held facing straight up. Unscrew it from the hose for a stronger stream of water to hit spots that require more flow. There is a chrome pipe with 3 rubber rings around it in the corner of the shower about 9 inches from the floor. I assume this is for those who shave their legs in the shower. There is the standard retractable clothes line from corner to corner near the top, and knobs to hang your wash cloths on. The TV is much larger, and has the usual channels as well as a new movies on demand channel, free and for rent, but is mounted solidly to the wall facing the beds, unlike the older ships which had it on a swivel between the bed and the sofa. So you are stuck sitting or standing by the bed(s) if you want to watch TV. But the sofa cushions are so far back as to offer no back support while sitting anyway. Fine if you're young. Not so fine for older people with limited movement who I believe are a significant and apparently forgotten portion of Carnival's clientele. The Life jackets have been removed from the rooms and are kept at the muster stations. This increases the closet space to which they've added several wire and wooden drawers with soft close slides. The stewards are the saving grace for the cabins. The cabins are okay but I expected better on a new ship.
The Shaq's Big Chicken was good, as evidenced by the constant lines. The pizza from the Miami Slice is edible but I wouldn't get it if I had alternatives. The food at Guy's Pig and Anchor was good and they still have the Guy's Burger on board so you can get a burger and fries during the day. Otherwise the food was the same as any other Carnival ship I've been on. The main dining menu has their standard chicken, strip steak, salmon and desserts at the bottom if you don't like the menu du jour or want to pay for the upgrades. They have a Ropes Course, Water Park, Mini Golf, the Bolt roller coaster ($15/person/ride), a multi use net enclosed court as well as a 1/7 mile painted jogging/walking trail on deck 17 aft. I prefer going to a cabin floor and doing a much larger loop in a climate controlled environment or the treadmill in the fitness center for fitness walking. Most of the entertainment venues like Limelighter, Punchliner and the showplace, bingo hall on 6 midship had several columns blocking the audience views. They also eliminated the library/card/reading room which is one of the main things we did on sail days. We carried our luggage off and debarkation was as well organized, efficient and quick as embarkation. Elevators were banks of 8, forward, mid and aft, but by the time you figured which one was there after it dinged it often closed and left without you. They also seemed smaller with a posted capacity of 17 persons but no one I talked to believed that.