Shaunna, I know there are people who don&#39;t care for Carnival, but to us, it is the biggest bang for your buck.  We always get a balcony stateroom and we pay about the same for them as other lines charge for an oceanview.  Carnival has always been quick to take care of any issue you may have also and the staff has always made us feel like royalty.  There is always something going on, but I imagine that is true on any cruise line.  We have been on 11 cruises - all Carnival, and we have 2 booked - both of which are on Carnival.  I am not saying there haven&#39;t been problems, just that if you call them to the purser&#39;s attention, they will be dealt with.  Last cruise, I felt that our bed was a little too hard for my liking, which I noticed as soon as we got to our cabin (first thing I always check out) and I called the purser about it, and seriously, within 10 minutes our steward had arrived with 2 down comforters.  He stripped the bed, laid the comforters across the mattress and remade it...all of this whilst he was in the midst of getting new guests settled into their cabins.