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Wife and I took 10 of our kids/grandkids on an Alaska cruise last summer and used Carnival. No issues at all, food was good (not great), ship was clean, good service, and price of drinks not really an issue. Everyone had a great time and no complaints.

We did the Baltic cruise (Copenhagen back to Copenhagen) a couple of years ago on Princess and really enjoyed it. A more upscale crowd than Carnival {but just getting to Europe is a big part of that}and food was a bit better. Definitely not enough time at each port to really learn anything about the country/city but still very enjoyable and no way will we ever get to any of those places otherwise.

No desire to do the Caribbean/Mexico cruises although we are considering CA to FL via the Panama Canal next year.

All in all we enjoy cruises, no packing/unpacking, thinking about your next meal and it can be very relaxing if you let it.

No way would we do a cruise if we couldn't get a balcony cabin however.