This trip was awesome. We did a partial Panama Canal trip. The person brought on board was knowledgeable and helpful. Explained every step thru the process. The staff was great. Ship was a little worn but nothing that affected our trip. The band in the Red frog pub was the best ever. The Alterr band had the bar packed every night. We booked excursion thru Carnival both were good the Costa Rico one has just too much packed into the time frame it caused us to be over an hour late back to the ship but there were still other buses behind us. Food was good hate no table clothes other than formal night but that is Carnivals new way. Dinner was at 5:30 instead of 6 not sure why but the older people lined up at 5 like they weren't to get a seat every night. All in All a wonderful trip.