Not sure what to title my review..

The ship was quite outdated, the decor was a little tacky and overboard in my opinion. I probably wouldn't think much of it except that I was on the carnival magic ship before which was a lot newer! There are not many hot tubs on the ship so they were very crowded, finding a lounge chair was also difficult if you wanted to be in the sun! They did not seem to enforce the rule for saving lounge chairs either - which I do understand. We were placed in a room above one of the clubs...when I booked through we were told that the room was very quiet which is why we picked it! Unfortunately it was far from quite between 5pm and 1pm. We could hear the music in our room and feel the bass shake our room. It was very frustrating when we were not feeling well and could not sleep. When we put our heads down on the pillow it just seemed to amplify the sound! We called down and someone was sent to our room to hear the noise, then someone called up to us and said they would turn the music down in the club. Almost every night on the cruise we had to call to turn down the music, keep in mind it took over 15 minutes for Guest Services to even pick up our call and then they had to call the club to turn it down. There were a few nights when we had to call back to Guest Services an hour after our initial call to let them know we could still hear the music. VERY frustrating when you pay all this money for a vacation and cannot get a good nights sleep. We were compensated but as someone who worked in guest services before, it was not near enough for the pain. 

On another note, Nemanja who is the Sports Bar bartender was amazing! We visited him almost every night and enjoyed just talking with him. He definitely made us feel like we made a friend on the ship. Maria was a bartender waitress at the pool and was great as well! 

We had a few great dinner staff as well but we did not get seated with them every night. Beni Y. we had on our last night and he was very welcoming, wish we would have had him night 1! A lot of other people who helped us let us call them other names since theirs was extremely difficult to pronounce, one man had us call him George (his name was like Guijitazan?) and then another had us just call him number 2 because he was listed second under George! And then we cannot forget the man who walked around serving us shots at dinner! He was great! 

As for the entertainment, the first night at the punchliner was funny but a little offensive, and I am not a prude. I just thought his jokes were rather hurtful. He made a joke about fat people being stuck in a closet or something...just insensitive. The last night was very funny and respectful! We watched several of the night shows with the singers and dancers. I gotta say that CJ was THE BEST dancer on the stage, he always seemed be having a good time and really got into it. The red head, forgot her name, but she had an incredible voice! The other girl who sang most of the time was like nails on a chalkboard. But it was entertaining to say the least, however the costumes were not very appropriate for younger ages in my opinion. There were a lot of booties showing as well as stomachs and boobs all over the place. They weren't cover up any more for the 7pm show vs. the 10pm show either. 

The ports were great! We decided not to do excursions through Carnival since a lot of them are very similar. I wish we would have done one at Amber Cove though. It really was just a section of the DR with a pool and restaurant. You couldn't just walk somewhere else. It was nice to have the option of a free pool but it was a little boring for adults. 

At St. Thomas we just took a shuttle to Magans bay for 8$ each way and 5$ to get to the beach. It was absolutely beautiful. The beach is huge and has plenty of room to spread out. There are also chairs you can use for about 10$ or so and I think you get money back when you turn it in. There is also a restaurant with a bar. 

Grand Turk has a beach on both sides of the pier that is free with lounge chairs and umbrellas. It is right by Margaritaville so there is a bar with food. 

San Juan we just walked to the forts ourselves and paid 5$ a person to tour it on our own. If you keep the receipt you can get into the other forts free. The shops didn't open until 10 or 11 so going to the fort before then really helped! There are a lot of shops to visit and little markets along the way!