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My wife and I just got back from our first Carnival cruise, we did the 6 day to Mexico out of Long Beach with a balcony cabin. We purchased the ultimate value package so it included drinks, wifi and half off massages. We are in our mid thirties and in the past have done Princess cruises.

PROS:

Never an issue getting a lounger in the sun, granted we stuck to the adults area and away from the main pools.

Good variety of entertainment each night.

Alchemy Bar made excellent and consistent drinks each night.

Chatted with a ton of guests and most were very friendly and nice.

Had a great massage in the spa.

CONS:

The food was bad, we ate in the MDR 5 of 6 nights and it just never got better, usually luke warm if not cold food and the meat quality was really bad. The last night we ate at the itallian restaurant and it was better but still not great.

Most of the bars were very inconsistent with their mixed drinks, Alchemy Bar is the exception.

Loud and obnoxious neighbors fighting in the hallway each night, yelling across the halls at all hours including 2 to 3 AM, pounding on each other's doors. Called guest services at least 10 times in the first 2 nights, they would send security but nothing would actually happen when they talked to them. Still woken up several times even with earplugs. Security treated me like a problem because I reported the unruly guests after 11PM.

Sewage smell fairly often in a lot of the main areas of the ship.

Lots of people wearing flip flops and baseball hats on elegant nights, seems like they don't care or enforce the dress code.

About half the crew were not friendly at all and you could tell hated their jobs.

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Overall we had a fine time but we value our quiet and sleep time more than anything on vacation (young kids at home) and maybe it's unreasonable for us to expect other passengers to be respectful and quiet after 11PM on Carnival. Next time we are going to try a Virgin Voyage cruise, seems to fit our needs better.

My biggest take away is that Carnival is cheap for a reason and has a bad reputation for a reason as well.

Edit: The ship was the Radiance

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I played and beat the game a few times when it came out a long time ago and still remember everything, so when I saw this movie come out I had 0 interest or hype since I figured it would be identical to the game that is essentially a movie.

Saw it on Netflix front page and didn't want to put too much effort into finding something so watched it.

The first half was great, gave off Cabin in the Woods vibe and there was a lot of mystery and intrigue. The second half and ending were pretty meh and dissapointing but all in all I was pleasantly surprised and not mad that I watched it.

Only question after watching it is do they all have side effects of the transformation still? It would suck to have those extra bones/spines on your back and the weird extra teeth.

What did you think overall?