Carnival Valor Review

Great time on the Valor

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor
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kingpgmr
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jul 2012
Cabin: Ocean View

Pre-cruise - Friday, 7/6 Miami Just for some background, this was my ninth cruise and my wife's seventh cruise. I have previously cruised on Carnival and Royal Caribbean and have found them to be comparable in quality. I've also cruised on Norwegian Cruise Lines which I found to be slightly lower in quality than Carnival or Royal Caribbean but still enjoyable. This was also our first time cruising with another couple (I'll call them H and C to protect the innocent) who are good friends of ours.

We left on Friday, July 6 for the quick flight over to Ft. Lauderdale on American Airlines from DFW. When we booked the flight several months ago, the aircraft was scheduled to be an MD80 with two seats to the left of the aisle and three seats to the right so we had booked two seats just in front of our friends. Unfortunately the aircraft changed to a 737 so the seating was three and three and we were crammed in like sardines. That's par for the course though flying these days. Other than the lack of room the flight was uneventful and fairly good. We made it to Ft. Lauderdale at 2 pm and American didn't lose our luggage so I couldn't complain too much. H doesn't like to fly but survived relatively intact as we only had one brief period of turbulence!

It was hot and humid in Ft. Lauderdale and we called SAS shuttle to pick us up after we retrieved our luggage (I had made a reservation with them in advance) to take us down to the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. SAS quickly showed up and charged us $15 per person which isn't bad and I was satisfied with their service. We were on our way and the drive took about 40 minutes to get to the hotel for our one night stay. The Intercontinental is a very nice hotel ideally located for cruises out of Miami. We had a two room suite on the 32nd floor with a fantastic view of the Miami harbor. The room was very nice and had a living room, bed room, and two bath rooms. The main bathroom had both a bath tub and a separate shower stall while the second bathroom had a large sink and a toilet of course. There was a deluxe coffee maker in the living room and two large screen Samsung HDTV's. Our friends were in a normal room on the 28th floor and they really liked their room too. We enjoyed our stay at the hotel as the room was clean and luxurious, the staff friendly, and the location excellent.

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