Michele had been on Carnivale cruises before and had enjoyed them. I trusted her judgment as this was my first cruise. This will be my favorite part to talk about. We enjoyed all the ports and going to as many as we did in a short time. For some people the short time in ports may make this a bad option.
Carnival offers various tours for each port.
They give you a list with descriptions and prices and then discuss them at the port meeting. I'm not really a tour type person. I usually like to strike out on my own with a good guidebook and see the sights. So we took a tour in almost every port. If we had extra time we would then go and do whatever we wanted.