Welcome back Ed..... oh how I envy you - Azamara looks amazing&#33;  Well we can honestly say the reverse, this was our worst cruise ever and do not have any interest in cruising on Carnival again.<br />I want to pre empt the following with this.  I sure do appreciate everyones views on different cruise lines, and there&#39;s a cruise out there for each of us.  Please don&#39;t take offense to anything that I am going to say..... this is OUR feelings and ours only, many folks onboard were having the time of their lives.<br />We had a very relaxing week and the cave tubing in Belize was out of this world - but the ship...hmmmm.  I won&#39;t be writing a review because there&#39;s nothing worse than reading a negative review, but between you guys (our friends) and us, this is not the kind of cruise that suits us.  We had an Aft cabin, the cabin was great but the balcony was teeny tiny, it just fit 2 chairs and a small table.  The food and service were awful in both the dining room and the Lido.  We NEVER had a hot plate of food, everything was luke warm.  The supper club was awesome, great food, service and beautiful location.  The shows were excellent.  The decor... was garish, dark, and medieval with low ceilings (except the atrium) unfortunately not exactly our taste.  Of the 17 cruises we&#39;ve been on, this was the first where the colors they used around the pool was a brownish color and medieval pictures on the walls.... doesn&#39;t quite conjure up the feeling that you&#39;re on the ocean.  Bingo was a rip off - &#036;20 a ticket for ONE game and then it was just a line, never a full house.  Everything was a &quot;hard sell&quot;.... drinks, bottled water etc etc.  12 miles out of Roatan we were standing on our Aft balcony and there was this huge brown trail in the wake of the ship, it looked like an oil slick.  The next day prior to the Galley tour the Maitre D announced that they grind up all the old food and feed it to the fish 12 miles out of Roatan. Hmmm, I didn&#39;t know the fish liked a diet of sugar, alcohol etc.  Just passed this &quot;fish feeding&quot; episode the ship did a 180 degree turn and we were headed back to Roatan.  they made an announcement that one of the ships officers needed urgent medical attention.  Later that night the Maitre D told us that he had severed his fingers in the engine room...... how sad&#33;  Because of this 4 hour setback we rocked and rolled back to Tampa at full speed.<br />We&#39;re happy to be back home and to be able to chat with you all again&#33;&#33;<br />