First time on Carnival, not bad, just not our cup of tea

Main dining room food good, but not great. Buffett was tasteless, not enough variety and closed to early. Blue Iguana was great, Guy's Burgers ok. Steakhouse was great. Room service menu very limited, especially for breakfast (cold continental offerings only). Pizza Pirate was great but who pays the money to eat pizza and burritos on a cruise all the time?!

Seemed to be alot offered, we didn't participate in a whole lot, just wanted to relax. We played bingo twice. The crowds were just too big around the lido main pool to enjoy so we escaped to the back adult only pool, back of lido deck. Never enough chairs though as usual, although staff did do a good job enforcing adults only which was nice.

Singers and dancers were outstanding. We loved the Motown and Epic Rock shows. We only went to one comedy show (adult late night) and didn't find it too funny. Didn't really attend anything else.

Room attendant Ariel was outstanding, brought us extra ice in a large bucket every single day when we told him we like ice! Edgar in the main dining room was fun and very outgoing. Bar service personnel always too rushed, didn't seem very friendly. We had to almost always go get drinks by the pool, never came around.

Cleanliness was great, never any issues. I'm giving it a lower rating due to the design of the ship. It seemed much more confusing than other ships we've been on, couldn't get up to certain levels on elevator, couldn't find right openings and there are absolutely NO signs except right next to the elevators and above the main hallways. They need more directional information! We thought it was just us at first but we kept finding multiple people with the same complaints just as lost as we were.

First time we wanted to try a wrap around balcony cabin, aft (back) of the ship. This room did seem a bit larger all around and the balcony was definitely larger. Had 2 chaise lounges and 2 regular chairs plus small lower tables. It did seem narrower though. We like having breakfast on the balcony with room service and would never be able to do it here as 1) no large higher table and 2) room service only offered continental cold breakfast unlike other cruise lines. Didn't like that the cabin to the immediate left of ours could peer over the side directly into our stateroom though! Had to make sure we had curtains closed for privacy. Cabin was always very clean and well maintained. They had a lightbulb go out overhead which we didn't notice but the room steward did and had it replaced immediately. We had one complaint with the room in that it didn't have a sofa bed as other cabins, just an extremely small chair. We're both bigger sized people and couldn't even sit in the chair it was so small! We do like to relax in the cabin occassionally and don't want to always sit on the bed, not very comfortable. The room steward brought us a bigger chair from the lido deck which helped. The air conditioning in the room was excellent! Best we've ever had onboard a ship. It was a bit bumpier feeling being at the back but that doesn't bother us (actually lulls me to sleep as it swings a bit back and forth feeling). I thought the bed was extremely uncomfortable, but my husband loved it. I ended up coming home with a bad pinched nerve in my back and needed chiropractor to help unkink me. We picked the room at the back of the ship our own fault, but almost everything else was at front of ship, our dining, the shows, casino. We did WAY too much walking and will never be in the back again! Even a walk to the elevators. We learned from this mistake!