Carnival Destiny Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Destiny
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JUSTTWO4FUN
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2012

Being skeptical of sailing on Carnival due to past experiences, including being served urine flavored Sea Bass, I was talked into sailing with my sister-in-law on the Carnival Destiny. Which actually this ship is probably appropriately named as it's destiny is for the scrap heap!

The embarkation system was absolutely wonderful. The fastest I have ever experienced on a "major" cruise lines. It was very much similar to river cruising, which I much prefer to the behemoth "major" vessels, except that it is done in port and not on ship. Once on board we thought wow this is pretty good start toward our stateroom, okay, cabin. That wasn't going to happen. Although it was after the prescribed embarkation time, no one was allowed into their cabins until an hour after embarkation started and only and hour prior to mandatory on-board time. To make matters worse, the only air conditioned area available was the buffet which was obviously packed beyond capacity, thus we were left sitting n the upper 90 degree heat. When we finally were allowed into our "stateroom" [and I use that word loosely, very loosely.] it smelled of over exposure to water or musty and was horrifically decorated however not for Carnival. At this point I knew that Carnival had not changed much from when I sailed them 10 years ago. The room was dingy, cramped and the balcony was not much more than a standing place outside the cabin. The glass was filthy, the metal rusted. My husband had surprised us with a bottle of champagne however there was no way to chill it and it was not delivered chilled. There was a very small "ice holder", but would not hold a bottle of wine. After requesting an wine bucket the cabin attendant brings us a large plastic bucket that leaked, but served the purpose if we kept in in the bathroom sink.

We are not smokers, we had verified on Carnival's web-site the appropriate areas where smoking was allowed to avoid these areas. Turns out that Carnival pretty much allows smoking everywhere on ship except in the dining room. There was listed one lounge that allowed smoking however the way the ship is designed that really is a misnomer. All of the lounges are basically connected and the music and smoke flows from one into the other without obstruction. WE never were able to have a drink and just relax in any of the lounges the entire cruise.

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Small, uncomfortable, air condition did not work, balcony too small to even call a balcony. Probably the worst cabin I have ever been in!

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