Our vacation started off rough ....

Our flight, that Carnival booked for us, left an hour late and we arrived into
Tampa with only 25 minutes from the time we touched down until the time the ship pushed off.

We met a Carnival representative at the baggage claim area and were told we could wait for our
luggage and miss the ship or leave now, catch the ship, and see our luggage hoopefully in 2 days at our first port.

We left our luggage and caught the ship ... they literally closed the doors behind us and pushed off shortly after.