Mike Ladner

Age: 42
Occupation: Mathematician
Number of Cruises: 1
Cruise Line: Carnival
Ship: Sensation
Sailing Date: May 16th, 2005
Itinerary: Western Caribbean

The cruise was fantastic. I took my family of 4 kids (18, 11, 10 and 5).

The bad: The parking in New Orleans was available...if you could find it. The signage in New Orleans is next to invisible.

The good: Food, shore excursions, crew, rooms, cleanliness, shows, etc.

This was the best vacation of my life. I have visited over 20 countries during my life. I have been to 48 of the 50 US States. I have been to Disney World 3 times. This cruise beat all of those.

I just can't say enough good stuff about the crew. Our dinner stewards (Raju and Innocenti), our room steward (Oksana), one of the breakfast stewards in the Seaview Grill(Ana) were all SUPER nice!

The shore excursion (that was available from the ship) in Cozumel called "Eco Jeep and Snorkel Adventure", was AWESOME. The tour guides (Lorenzo and Alberto) were two extremely friendly and funny guys. The adventure was incredible.

The shows. The comedian on the first night was lame. Everything else was great. We went to every show and sat on the second row. The lead singers were terrific.

My two younger kids loved Camp Carnival. They kept wanting to go back. We ate most dinners without them...their choice, I promise!

We will definitely go again...soon.