This app was really helpful in keeping tabs on what activities were taking place on the ship. We especially liked reviewing the things to do so we knew what was going on at different times. Once I discovered the fact that you could like activities and it would save them to My Planner, it was so much easier to see what activities we wanted to do throughout the day. The other greatest feature of this app is the ability to check in for dining. You simply waited until you were ready to dine, then signed in on the app. It usually told us there was a 10 to 20 minute wait, but we were generally informed that a table was ready within five minutes. It was so nice to not have to crowd around the restaurant and wait to get seated. Once seated in the restaurant, you could scan the barcode on your table and pull up the menu for the day. That saved the wait time for a server bringing you a physical menu.I also liked being able to check on my daily charges to my Sign & Sail card. In addition to shopping and giving tips, it would be hard to keep track of everything spent. Reviewing it at the end of the day was just a nice touch to make sure I was staying in check and to make sure I wasn’t charged for anything that I did not purchase or approve. There were also various reminders and other communications from the ship’s staff that would come through the app. Those were helpful because you had it written down instead of just hearing an announcement over the ship’s speaker.

The app worked great as long as the wifi worked on the ship. We went with our family and my youngest spent some time in the daycare. I really liked that the app showed if she was checked in or out of daycare and by whom. If my sister, wife or someone else on the list checked her out it showed the name of who checked her in or out and at what time. It also had the hours the daycare was open. Another cool part of the app was the scheduling and reserving events. When you reserve an event in person or in the app, carnival automatically pushes the scheduled event to everyone’s app and lets them know they have a reservation for a certain time and where it is. The app will remind you 15 minutes before the event to give you enough time to make it on time. I scheduled a dinner at the steakhouse (which I highly recommend) for a party of 12. (I had to go to the steakhouse to make the reservation since you can’t do more than 9 people within the app. I could’ve called too but I like to do things in person sometimes). A few minutes after reserving everyone, it pushed a notification to everyone’s app letting them know they have a reservation. You can also see what other people in your party at interested in attending. It a nice app as long as you are connected to their wifi. To be clear you do NOT need to purchase the wifi plan to use this. You simply connect to their on board wifi and it functions with all features. The messaging feature is nice too.

Well this is not my first experience with going on a cruise. RoyalCaribbean was my first time on a cruise and I must say that it spoiled me. This cruise is for first timers someone was just trying to get used to a boat not looking for big excursions or Beauty because Ensenada Mexico is a Third World looking country. I would say that for people that are trying to get used to going on the boat this is a perfect opportunity quick easy we can opportunity the Apple is amazing it helped everyone understand where to go where to be and it also gave you a daily planner. So with that being said if you’re looking to take your first cruise maybe something for you the comedy was amazing the events on the boat were amazing the pool could be a lot bigger so of course with that many people the pools for the adults in the pool for the regular kiddos etc. was just not big enough for the amount of people that were on the ship. But what I will say is I enjoyed all the people on the boat everyone from California and the food was mediocre nothing was specialized as far as the area that we were going to visit so if you’re looking for a good food good flavor people really enjoyed the burger joint in the chick chicken joint and the Pizza joint we like the fact that it was open late hours so I will say all at all I will take the cruise for the experience of the casino experience of just getting away for a weekend great opportunity wouldn’t change it wish everyone the best try it out!

This was our first cruise in 17 years. My husband and I got to bring our 16 year old daughter and her friend for their first ever cruise. So much is different (in a good way) and so many things the same- also in a good way. First, I love how dining is set up now with a range of time to eat, but still get the same waiter. I was worried about that because we all know they make up part of our fun by getting to know us. I loved that we could see the menu ahead of time on the hub and check in. I also loved the Hub with the events and details of the day and how they are categorized by food/drinks/ shopping/etc…. It was a great way to plan your day ahead of time (My last cruise was still with a piece of paper slid under your door nightly that you had less time to plan your day AND had to keep track of all day!) Last, but not least, I loved to see a lot of the old things that made me fall in love with Carnival when I was 13- every single employee is friendly, says hello and smiles; they work hard to make every person’s vacation relaxing while working hard to keep the ship clean; the fun, music and tricks at dinners, along with the personalization of them learning our names (cabin stewards also); the photographers to catch those special moments, and just all the fun with the staff and fellow cruisers. It’s exactly what I told my daughter it would be like. Thanks for another great one Carnival- it won’t be another 17 years before our next one!