Falina - I have only sailed on Carnival...so that is all I know.  I loved it.  The Ecstasy is not too big of a ship and the crew treated us like we were all 1st class suite paying passengers.   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" />