We drove to the port on the morning of the 25th, and were on board the ship by 11am, much impressed as always by Carnivals Fast and Easy check in policy. We headed to the Lido Deck (10) where we enjoyed food from the buffet while waiting until our cabin was ready at 1:30pm. We ventured to our deck (2) around 1:10 and to our suprise the fire doors had been opened on our side of the ship and we were able to enter our cabin just a little early. When we arrived at the cabin on of our suitcases had already been delivered so I began the unpacking process. The cabin was larger than the other cabins we've had on other ships and there was a small refrigerator in it (not very cold however). Our cabin steward Jose quickly came in to introduce himself and ask if we needed anything. I finished unpacking the delivered suitcase and the carry-on that we brought and it was off to explore the ship. We returned about an hour or so later to find that Jose had taken it upon himself (with much delightment to us) to put some of the soda that we had carried on into the refrigerator even removing some the the ships soda and booze to make room, this impressed my husband very much. Dinner that night in the MDR (Scarlet) was ok, although we had to ask our head waiter for his name halfway through our meal because he faile to introduce himself. We also had to ask for beverages (which has never happened to us before unless we wanted something special from the bar). I was not impressed with the waiter therefore I do not remember his name. We never even say the Maitr'd until what Carnival calls "Show Time". The upper Maitr'd came to our table once the entire cruise but that's ok because we only went about 3 or 4 times ourselves. The waiter just could not seem to get the orders straight. After dinner, we went to the Lido deck to watch Sunday night Football on the giant 12' x 22" jumbotron tv, that was nice. Once on the deck, I smelled popcorn so I immediately went in search and located it at the bar. I ordered a box even before I saw that they charged $1.50 for it, but that's ok, I had to buy a coke anyways. The game was good, did not end the way I wanted it to, but it was a good game.

DAY 2, NASSAU

We got up early, no excursions planned, we just like to walk around the ports so we weren't in any hurry. I got into the shower to notice that the water coming out of the shower smelled like sewer water....I kid you not....The longer the water ran, the smell decreased so I took a nice long shower. Got out of the shower and turned the sink on to brush my teeth and there it was again, just as strong as it was when I first turned on the shower....WHY!!!! Off to breakfast, my husband enjoys the made to order omletes so we chose the outside buffet to eat at. He got us a table and I got my food first. I went through the line and got my potatoes and ham, to discover that I had to get into a seperate line for the omlete. By the time I got my omlete the rest of my food was cold and I mean cold (lesson learned, get omlete first). I then went in search of the coffee station (note: not one outside) I did not find it so I settled for a coke. Also, no juice station outside either. When I got back to the table with my cold food, I suggested my husband get the omlete first then the rest of the food, smart choice he was back in 15 minutes where it took me almost 30. We ate and then went into Nassau. I'm not going to really review the ports since just about everyone who cruises has been to Nassau at least once. If you've never been there, then you'll find it intriguing. Back on board and time for lunch, we again ate on Lido, I find the buffets there very good. OK burrito time...I was not impressed, as I like flour tortillas and they had corn, but my husband finished mine and really enjoyed it. I had gotten some other stuff too so I did not go hungry. I had some kind of chicken which was excellent. Now off to the cabin to change into our bathing suits and then back to Lido to try out the small sometimes overcrowded pool. IT WAS COLD, yes cold. Just a quick dip may I say is all I needed to cool off. Finding a chase lounge was quite challanging. Although everyone is told you can't save them, people do and no staff does anything about it, we watched a couple of chairs for about 2 hours and no one ever sat in them nor did anyone remove their stuff to the towel hut to be claimed later, the chairs just sat there with towels on them, nothing else. Read more