To sum it up

I would rate our cruise aboard Carnival Conquest a 3.  The ship is dated and needs some face lifts.  The shows were not to our liking and we tried to attend but ended up walking out on all of them. 

The wait staff in the main dinning room was excellent.  The food was good.  Alexsandar was a top notch waiter.  He took care of our every need.  His attitude and attention to detail was extraordinary.  His assistants did a great job as well.  He is one of the best I have seen and should be commended for his work ethic and efforts to accommodate his guests.  He is personable and pleasant.  He is above average.  He enhanced our eating experience greatly.

Our steward was not around much.  His name was Ali.  He did assist us when we needed pillows and a fan, but he was out of sight most of the time.  Our friends traveling with us could not reach him on the phone.  It was almost like once it attended to the room, he was done for the day.  We asked him for ice in the room each day and he would leave the ice in the morning and it would be melted by the evening.  We had to contact room service for ice. 

The itinerary was great and I would travel back to Bon Aire and Aruba.  Beautiful ports.  The other 2 stops were not much to speak of.  Of course we did not get to stop in Santo Domingo due to winds.  The Captain was able to make the arrangements to port in another location which was good on his part. 

Carnival Conquest would not be a ship of my choice in the future if I could travel aboard another for the itinerary.  Visiting the 4 ports is a nice cruise.

The music on deck 3 was pretty good.  We enjoyed it. 

We played cards in the library and there was a broken chair that needs to be fixed.

dd