This is the last cruise my husband and I will ever take on Carnival. After being talked into and aft cabin, #8475, buy Audry of Carnival, in stead of our usual balcony suite with VIP check in, we were extremely excited about the prospect of sailing on the new Dream. "Awesome" "Completely Redone" "Classy"

"You won't believe how beautiful this ship is" Her words. Here is the reality.

The shipped was so overcrowded it was impossible to get anywhere on board without a long line. While I hate to use the word trailer trash, I can't help it. There were 1,100 children/teenagers on our cruise. OUT OF CONTROL, rude, nasty, kid's. It was as though as soon as the ship left the dock, the parents said have a great time, to the teenagers at least. Hundreds of drunk, unruly, teenagers. Our first night after dinner (8:15 seating), we went to the casino thinking we would have a nice adult evening. At 10:30, (yes it took 2-hours to get through the horrendous meal), we entered the casino only to be greeted by teenagers running around in wet bathing suits, sitting at the bar, running through the casino. Management did nothing. As the night progressed, it was obvious the kiddies had gotten into the booze. That is just a tiny tidbit of things to come during the next 6-days. The entire trip, the kids ran in hallways, pushed pass people in the hallways and elevators, made the pool and jacuzzis impossible to get into. One poor woman was sitting by an outside jacuzzi with her own small child, only to have the child point to the jacuzzi and say "mommy look, boobies". Yep, drunken kid's in the jacuzzis, gettin naked and peeing. GROSS. Read more