My husband and I went on this cruise as a combined birthday/anniversary present to ourselves. We have previously sailed on Norwegian three years ago. We were initially reluctant to try Carnival because we had read some not so great reviews, but the price was too good to pass up and we decided to have a good time no matter what. Well we didn't have to try very hard- this cruise was amazing and we loved every minute of it.

Embarkation

We went from the terminal on to the ship in about 20 minutes total. The lines were broken up according to stateroom category and it did not take us long to check in. Security check in was similarly easy. Once on board we had our picture taken and were directed to the Lido deck for lunch. We arrived on board at about 12:30pm and our rooms were ready within one hour. Lunch was pretty crowded and it took us a little while to find a table and get food, but I think that is to be expected considering that everyone getting on the ship was be directed to lunch. Read more