yemaya03

That's been my experience too, not just on Carnival but other lines as well. This was our 12th Carnival cruise and was very disappointed on the ship and its crew, their obvious inexperience just being one more thing. We did stay on board a lot of the time as the excursions we took and our ramblings were short and we were on board early, but no drills were completed nor any boats taken out, or even down. During other cruises they even do fire drills on sea days, but on this cruise, unless they were totally silent and unobtrusive, no drills were practiced.

Our drill before our Transatlantic on the Carnival Breeze was very civilized. In the Saphire restaurant, no life jackets, etc. Not very many crew members either, though, which brings up the problem of how effective these drills are and would people and crew know what to do in a real emergency.

As for bugs, we do store our luggage under the bed and haven't found a bug yet, but I'm sure they're around, just like at home!