Cape Canaveral was amazing, Bahamas not so much. Hurricane cut the trip a little short, meh.
Embarkation
5 out of 5
Carnival has embarkation down to a science. Minimal delay.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
4 out of 5
We usually ate in the main dining room, and this is not Freestyle Dining, so we were assigned a table with another couple. We only saw them once the whole trip. The food was good, and my husband asked for a second dessert, a chocolate lava cake with chocolate chip ice cream. Every night after that our waiter brought him 2 desserts!
Onboard Activities
4 out of 5
We swam in the pool. The hot tubs were very crowded with children jumping around.
Entertainment
4 out of 5
We always go to the shows, but I honestly can’t remember anything about them, good or bad. I do remember thinking that compared to Princess or NCL it was nothing special.
Children's Programs
No kids!
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
I think everyone did their job and was nice. No problems, clean room and public spaces.
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
This ship looked like a time warp - a perfectly preserved set from The Love Boat complete with 70’s shag carpets and retro lighting fixtures. I remember being shocked that the ship wasn’t even that old, so when they were designing it, they probably handed the job off to someone whose ideas weren’t exactly cutting edge at the time. That being said, unintentionally or not, it was kind of fun taking a trip on a 70’s looking Love Boat. Things were a little raggedy, but it was clean and maintained.
Port Canaveral is the BOMB! We stayed a few days pre-cruise at a resort, went to Disney one day then explored Space Coast the next. Got some cool swag at Ron Jon’s Surf Shop, and had a day at Cape Canaveral which for both of us was the highlight of our trip. We both had many memories of the 60’s NASA programs and seeing the first steps on the moon, remembering the Challenger and Columbia disasters. It was moving. We would definitely go again, and we are glad we took the more extensive tour.
Nassau was lots and lots of walking. If we were at this port again, we would stay on the ship. We are not super beach bums, and did not want to pay the ridiculous fee to go to Atlantis, which we would have hated anyhow. We did a deathmarch for an hour with other poor souls from our ship to a dirty beach with no shade and a crazy fee to rent chairs and an umbrella. We didn’t, and just deathmarched back to the ship once we rested. Blergh.
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