Carnival Cruise Lines review: 1st time, last time carnival cruiser

not family friendly, disrespectful, and inappropriate. when a dance off on the main deck turns into a literal strip show and the cruise director comments on the dancing and states there are young children literally right next to you and both the men and women are dancing extremely inappropriately and he laughs about it tells them not to do it anymore but still lets it continue for each dance is absolutely horrible. It felt like we were in a club with children watching completely inappropriate stuff. When going to dinner in the main restaurant and being offered the upsell of bottled and glass bottle water and we refuse but get the disgusted look and roll of eyes for saying no thank you was extremely disrespectful. Also, while eating we understand the business of making money but when you come around more than a few times to sell shots, attempt to get us to buy kids drink cups and additional drinks makes it hard to enjoy any of the time we are sitting and attempting to eat, conversate and enjoy the vacation. when you limit the amount of food you can get in the dining room or extra for an additional upcharge per entree but then offer nearly everything at the buffet on the lido deck makes it difficult to want to eat in a nicer area. hot tubs, when we are told not to touch other people (we 100% agree) yet people's children are doing so and don't stop it or come to the assistance to ensure they are not in others space it makes it difficult to enjoy. When the pools are so cold no one swims in them and you as a business is putting money into them for use warm the water in the pool so that they can be enjoyed and used. at our first port some type of inspectors came on and closed down one of the slides. No one would give a reason, but they were inspecting everything. This took away from the fun on the vacation. constantly trying to take our pictures everywhere got to be so much bombarding. after seeing some of the pictures that were taken, they weren't the best quality in general. The food from the onboard restaurants were great. great variety and staff at them. The stateroom attendants were absolutely the best. they asked about our day, excursions, food etc. and seemed genuinely interested about our stay and vacation. (we were in 8205 and the gentleman was awesome). Being a combat veteran, I appreciated the military appreciation time. There were a few good shows, comics and magician but it was hard to find other things to do for that type of family friendly entertainment with very few options on board. Talking about being on vacation but not feeling like it was with being constantly upsold on everything all the time took away from being able to honestly try to enjoy the cruise itself. as a business I don't understand why you waste so much printer paper and ink for pictures (there were so many sitting there untaken) that I know get thrown away or shredded. Saving seats for mealtimes should be stopped. groups playing cards sit all day and take up a ton of space and there are not a lot of spaces for families to sit as a result. If I could ask for a refund I would as I didn't feel that I got what I paid for in general.