We are experienced cruisers taking a family vacation. There were 7 of us, a 60 Plus couple, a 40ish son and daughter-in-law, and 3 children , Boys 12,9 and a girl 6.

First I have to say if you are under 30 Carnival is the only cruise line for you. There were constant dance parties. Even at dinner the waiters danced and got the audience involved. It was a lot of fun. We have been on princess and Royal Caribbean and it is like pulling teeth to get anyone to dance. Of course the crowd was much younger on carnival.

We traveled on the Victory. Nice ship, water slide, several pools. Jogging track, nice exercise room. One large theater and several smaller venues. Besides the production shows they had comedy shows every night in one of the smaller bars. They had 2 comedians who did both general audience and adult's only shows. Shows were about 30 minutes and were different every show. Generally good Read more