I will break my review based on the different categories:

Embarkation and Debarkment: I thought embarkment was a little long based on cruising on Royal Caribbean before but the carnival staff were so nice and wonderful to talk to as we went through the lines. We had three different rooms with some of our children in them and they were very accommodating as they figured out the sign and sail cards for each room. The disembarkment was wonderful. It went VERY quickly and we were able to stay in our room. Our room steward gave me extra tags and had the kids bring their luggage to our room so we could all collect our luggage at the same time.

Public Rooms: They were all tastefully decorated but not totally eyecatching either. My kids LOVED these areas but it wasn't quite as wonderful for us being experienced cruisers. I did think the paintings that were everywhere for the auction did add a nice touch. Read more