Worth the Drive!

Item: Carnival Conquest
Rating: 5
Author: mari1969

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

mari1969

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 25, 2015

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin number: 2252

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

We chose to drive to Florida to save money on flights. We met up with a few friends who had booked last year. Although the drive was long, it was worth it. We had so much fun on the ship with our friends and tried to do every activity possible. The ports of call were really beautiful and we got lucky with the taxi drivers we chose to drive us around. The food on the ship was great. I truly don't know why people complain about it. The service was excellent as well. Those people work really hard and sometimes guests can be rude and ungrateful. Would definitely do a cruise with Carnival again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The ship needs some updating but it's really clean. The guests are dirty...the crew tried really hard to keep up with them.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The cabin was a little cramped for four people. I would definitely do an Ocean View cabin next time.

Ship tip

We did not do the onshore excursions. We relied on taxi drivers who took us places and picked us up and it was just as great. If you're on a tight budget, that's the way to go.

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

The beach by the cruise port was a bit rocky. Make sure you have watershoes.

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Learn the history! It's really interesting.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Some of the locals were a little aggressive trying to sell us things and even charge us to walk us over to our destination. We didn't fall for it. The watersports location by the Hyatt was great and affordable and they gave us breaks.

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7 Comments

stephenr635 9 years ago

we sailed on the magic back in February. loved the ship. only real complaint was the weather which nobody could control. loved the food and the staff. they work extremely hard for what little pay they get.

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jennylynnmoran 9 years ago

We live an our away from New Orleans but are going out of Galveston this time. Just wanted to try the Magic and do something a little different. We took the Freedom out of Galveston last April. The drive wasn't bad, got to see different things along the way! Fun to explore new ships!

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always5oclock 9 years ago

Glad to see some positive post about the Conquest thinking of booking Western Caribbean for January.

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sw100148 9 years ago

we are on 8 minor issue on one but the staff fixed quickly when it was brought to there attention

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Cruisingnurse 9 years ago

I have done 5 Carnival and a princess cruise and I have to say I like Carnival we have had nothing but great things to say about them the staff are excellent and the food is great My choice is definitely Carnival

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stephenr635 9 years ago

I also agree. we've been on two cruises so far with carnival, no real complaints about either of them. service is always top-notch. activities are always fun. food is better than can be expected considering how much they have to prepare. planning on going again in late January on the conquest this time. fascination and magic our first two. hope to see some of you guys there!

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rogerellenborland 9 years ago

I agree with maril. some people are just constant complainers. we just finished an eight night on her three weeks ago.food was great, service was great and the shows were spectacular. comedians were very good. if you don't like carnival go pay twice as much somewhere else an get the same service.

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