Our family (my husband, myself, our 2 daughters, a niece, a daughter's boyfriend and my mother) took the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival during spring break last March as a source of regrouping and healing after the death of my middle daughter 7/03 in an automobile accident.
A cruise is the perfect therapy for healing. The ship was beautiful and unlike any other ship I had been on. Of course my last cruise before this one was in 1982 with RCCL. We had a balcony cabin, which was much bigger than I remembered. The luxury of having a balcony was well worth the few extra dollars spent. Our cabin steward was cheerful and treated the kids so well. The girls absolutely fell in love with our head waitress and helper. They made my husband feel like a king.
The cruise director (I think his name was Steve) was funny and very visible throughout the cruise but his sidekick Skippy from Australia was the winner again with the kids.