I cruise 5 times a year and know summer is going to be crowded. I am a travel agent and most of the time will not push Carnival to my clients. To me, this cruiseline is like a floatin Walmart most of the time. I knew this would be no different when most of the guests coming onboard had 12 packs of soda in each arm. Great for Carnival to allow this but it still just lets you know the class of people coming on board.
Getting on the ship was not bad. I still think that the terminal is not set up that great to handle this size ship. It was built for the little ships that used to be there, The Big Red Boats of the early 90s, so it does take way longer because of the size of the terminal.
When you enter the ship, you are hit with the same TACKY decor from all of the Carnival ships. The lobby is tall but very skinny and not much room to showcase the atrium area. My worse complaint is that they have this cheap looking ugle netting all over everything. When I asked why it was like that, I was told that it was to protect passengers in case any of the lighting from the tacky fictures fell??? Really? This is just stupid and makes no design sense.