This was our 7th cruise on Carnival, the first on the Dream. I won a seat at the Carnival Poker Pro Tournament so this was the reason my wife and I was on this cruise.

Almost everything meant or exceeded my expectations for this cruise. We used the Carnival airport transfer from MCO to the ship. A Carnival agent was standing-by at the luggage claim area and directed us to the waiting bus for the 45-minute drive to the ship. Once our luggage was loaded on the bus we didn't see them again until they arrived at our cabin.

It was only 32-minutes from the time we arrived in the terminal building until we were enjoying lunch on the Lido deck (that includes the time to get through the buffet line) and we are not VIP cruisers with Carnival. Read more