Well, we had booked this cruise for my Birthday...I forgot my Birthday was also Spring Break. We had never sailed the Paradise and this was just a quick weekend trip to have some fun. We knew not to expect much so our expectations were low. I had heard some horror stories about these weekend cruises...and you know they were right. Embarkation was smooth and quick and we were in Zone 1 and headed to the Serenity Deck. We had the entire deck and hot tub to ourselves for a few hours while everyone boarded...which was great! After we set sail...the real entertainment began. Security banging on room doors, Teenagers running away from security, loud pounding music coming from rooms who had opened their doors so everyone could hear the music better, teenagers throwing up in our hallway, 25 people in the 18 person hot tub...with a bottle of Bacardi and so on. This was a party cruise. Now on to the basics...we never met our room steward nor did he introduce himself even though he kept our room clean and tidy. Lido buffet was busy and food was good. I did see some wilted vegetables so the food was not as quality as the Dinning Room. We ate in the Elation Dinning Room and the food and service was good and comparable to other cruises on Carnival. The problem in the dinning room was that everyone was late for dinner. So our poor waiter, who had 4 tables, had to juggle all of them as they were in all different stages for dinner...some had menus, others had appetizers and others with the main course. Our room M242...don't get it. The stabilizers and engines are right below the room...and it was very loud. The comedians were ok. I have seen better on the Spirit and the Dream...but then again this is just the weekend party cruise. After our initial day on the Serenity Deck...we couldn't go back as it was transformed into the drunken teenage/ young adult party deck. We did do the Behind the Fun Tour which was the highlight of our cruise. My husband and I do not drink...so we really didn't fit in with the crowd but had a good time despite having to step over the puke stains in our hallway. I would suggest going on this cruise on an off weekend...unless you prefer the drunkenness.