We sailed on this ship to the southern carribean on Feb 11 to the 19th.It was are first carnival cruise,we sail with four other people.It was enjoyable,the ship was pretty and the food was good.They seem to lack in activities the crew seem to laxed,they also need to improve their music on the pool deck,the band seemed like it was always on break.Another thing I noticed is the Lido Cafe does not leave there lunch buffet open lonf enough.By 2:30 they had everything down except for the Hotdogs and Burgers by the pool.I would probably try a carnival cruise one more time to compare,but so far I like Royal Carribean better,I have been on four and never been disastissfied.