Our vacation. What? We took a vacation?

Hubs and I took a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas and Grand Turk on the Carnival Destiny. 

We drove down b/c we're cheap.  We got to Florida the night before departure and stayed at his aunt's house.  We rarely get to see her so we always stop by when we go to Florida (which we seem to do for every vacation.)

The next day we gather our belongings and head to the port of Miami so we could be baby and carefree for the week.   First we made a stop at Target to get some tea.  Carnival's beverage policy states that you cannot bring liquor on the ship, you can bring a bottle of wine or champagne per person but you have to check it, and you can bring a 6 pack on non-alcoholic beverages on per person.  So, we got our tea so we could swap it with alcohol.  We took far too much time getting the caps off without breaking the seal so our plan could be fool proof.  If only we knew how much of a waste that was. 

At check in we were behind a group that had to bring a dolly b/c they had so many sodas with them.  Cases of Mt. Dew, Pepsi, water, and other assorted goods.  I was shocked.  There wasn't anything like this on our Royal Caribbean cruise. 

We put our bag on the xray belt, walk through the metal detectors, and get on the ship with 4 tea bottles of liquor, a bottle of wine, and a bottle of champagne and no one said a single word. 

I would say this was the major plus of Carnival. 

The food was pretty good.  I would say the dinners were just as good as Royal Caribbean.  The breakfast buffet was pretty blah.  I usually had cereal. 
Sleeping quarters were like any other cruise I had been on.  Not the best, but good enough.  The bed was surprisingly comfortable. 
Drinks were incredibly expensive.  We spent the same amount on drinks on a 5 day cruise as we did on our 7 day-er with Royal Caribbean.  We didn't even drink that much from the ship since we brought our own alcohol.  I think they snag you with their cheap rates, then rob you blind with any extras. 
The service was pretty piss poor.  Most of the staff acted as if every little task was a total hassle.  We got a lot of eye rolls and mumbling. 
And don't even get me started on the other guests.  I've never seen so many rude people in one small space before.  And this is saying something considering I visit Walmart at least once a week. 

So, if we ever go on a cruise again it will not be Carnival.  Unless its free. I can't pass up a free cruise.