Had a fantastic time!!

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 122

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Conquest

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 30, 2019

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2249

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Had a fantastic time! I’m so addicted to cruises I may need a support group. This was my folks first cruise and they had a blast! My fiancé and I took them on this one to see if they liked it so we could get married on a ship in the near future (“near future” means to my fiancé in the next few months...just so she can book us another cruise lol). Anyway they loved it and we are in the process of booking another carnival adventure before the end of the year, so I can make an honest woman out of her 🤣.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth sailing. New process is they take your pic right from your passport. On the ship in under 20 mins.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Julio and Carlos in the main dining room were amazing! Knew exactly what we wanted and how we wanted it from the first day! My mom is on a very strict nutritious diet and Julio brought her the menu for the following day, so she could modify it to her dietary needs (no cheese, no this no that). Totally above and beyond and absolutely awesome!!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
My girl won a bingo with Jackpot Jake!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Saw Flick and it was decent. Mat the CD was decent and did a solid job.

Children's Programs

No mini me’s just yet.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
B our room Steward was awesome and very accommodating.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I liked the design. I’m over everyone saying “she’s an old ship, and is showing age”. I’m on a boat in the middle of the ocean and those nitpickers are back at work.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Clean and kept that way. “B” was like a magician...I’d wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and when I returned to the bed the room was clean and a towel animal was on my pillow.

Ship tip

Go and visit Sonya and Brian at the Alchemy bar!! An amazing duo and fantastic bartenders!!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Drove down from Orlando and just boarded. No excursions.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
Port was great!! A little tip...only dead fish go with the flow!! Everyone gets off the water taxis and they all go left. Make a right!! Walk over the little bridge and enjoy Paradise! a beautiful reef to snorkel, bar staff bringing drinks whenever needed, no crowds and the same food they set up on the other side with a 1/3 of the line.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
AMAZING!! Did a whale watching excursion and it was unbelievable!! Has been on my bucket list for a long time and I finally crossed it off. Saw a beautiful mom humpback with her baby. Kirby our guide was fanflippingtactic!!

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Did the turtle snorkel and island tour. Swam with about 5 turtles and our guide Steven, who was born and raised on the island was fantastic!

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Hit Kona pizza, they put a pizza in a cone made out of crust. YEAH ITS AMAZING! And did some shopping and chilled. No excursions.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
It’s pretty cut and dry. Either carry your own 💩 off or just get some luggage tags and chill till you are called.

Traveler Photos

Whale watching. Turtle snorkel Sanya does it right
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4 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Sounds great

Mike787    5 years ago

Summerholiday    5 years ago

Awesome glad your hooked as we are you really don't need an excuse to cruise we had a four day cruise from Long beach to Mexico ... that was 24 cruises ago we now have longer cruises or back to back to enjoy the experience been to awesome places and have awesome memories happy cruising...

terriesanchez    5 years ago

Awe... Congratulations! Our daughter got married on Magic in 2012. It was awesome!!

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