Carnival Sunshine Christmas Cruise

Went on the Sunshine for a Christmas cruise this year.  Decided on this ship because it was going to ports we had never been to and it was recently refurbished with all the Funship 2.0 upgrades.  Think of it like upgrading from Windows XP to Vista, some things were well done (the Waterworks and Sportsquare areas) and some were not (Liquid Lounge, Limelight Lounge, cabin size).  We had an Ocean Suite and it was slightly smaller than previous Oceans Suites we have had.  Had only 1 sink in the bathroom and the placement of the toilet diagonally next to the tub is a total mistake (think about it).  The Liquid Lounge was too small for the nightly shows and had a number of seats with obstructed views (especially on Deck 5) as was the Limelight Lounge for comedy shows (basically SRO).  The shows themselves were really good.  This is something Carnival is getting better at.  Other than that the ship was standard Carnival.  Dinner service was poor.  We chose the option where you pick your time and they were not prepared for the number of people that picked this.  You had to check in on Deck 5 and some nights they gave you those vibrate/light-up pagers that only worked on Deck 5.  We they went off you had to go down to Deck 3 and wait in another line.  Once in the servers were not that good.  If you wanted something other than water to drink you had to ask, they did not ask you.  The food was pretty good but the desserts were outstanding.  As for the other food on the ship that we tried the Seaday brunch was good, the Lido buffet was terrible, Guy's Burger Joint was pretty good (although it was better when we went on another ship before) and the pizza was horrible.  It was constantly undercooked with the crust being semi-raw.  As for the ports of call all were okay.  We like to shop and go to the beach so St. Maarten was our favorite since the beach is right where the water taxi arrives ($7 to ride it all day long) and the shops are right there also.  Grand Turk was small but the beach is right as you get off the ship and their is a Margaritaville with a pool there.  As for St. Thomas, we arrived at 1pm and were told the shops would be closing at 4pm.  We had already booked a shore excursion so we did not get to shop much there.  Debarktion (as was embarkation) was a breeze.  We were in the first group called and were off the ship and in our car in less than 30 minutes.  The porter even took our bags to the car (a first).