Carnival Cruise pt.1

We just went on a Carnival Cruise in May. We went on a 7 day cruise. It was amazing. I am going to post about it in several posts. It was an awesome trip and there is a lot to mention. We were on the Carnival Dream. It was a seven day cruise that went to Nassau, St. Thomas, and St. Martin. Before we went on the cruise we had never been on one. We wanted something different and fun. I had never thought about where we would want to stay on the boat or anything. I now realize there are a lot of things to look at. We ended up getting an amazing room, but honestly I did not know if would be. We were on deck 2 which is just above the water. It was awesome. We had a cove balcony. It is right above the water, so you are right there. You can see the water moving and it was amazing. The balcony part has metal around it, I think it is nice a private. It is shaded also. So nice and relaxing. The other balconies are up higher and you are no where near the water, and when you look down you see stuff from the ship. The lower ones are right on the water and much nicer. The higher ones are really hot also and not shaded. we were mid ship which was nice also. I noticed at dinner in the back of the boat you could feel so much shaking. I think mid ship was amazing. Also I would stay away from the elevator so it is not noisy. I heard other people complain that the lido deck was right above them, and they were woken up at 5 am with people moving chairs and noise. I had not thought about it, but I would check and see what is above and below your room before you book it also. I will post more about food and functions on the ship tomorrow.