Eight day cruise - stops at St. Thomas USVI, Antiqua, Tortola BVI and Nassua Bahamas
Came in the night before and stayed at the Farifield Inn at Dania Beach near the airport and Port Everglades. Nice place, paid $109, got complimentary airport pick up and cruise port ride. Also got complimentary breakfast (so - so). For $25 per person got transportation to and from the Hard Rock Casino and $20.00 slot voucher.
Embarkation on to the ship was painless, we were on the ship in fifteen minutes or less. Carnival has much improved over the first time we cruised this port three years ago.
7444 aft extended balcony - standard balcony room size, but the extended balcony was nice. The view from the aft was excellent. We really enjoyed our morning coffee on the balcony. Having ESPN as a standard station would be a nice feature. Also showing Thursday night NFL football on the big screen television on the lido deck would have been nice. Instead they had it on in the smoke filled sports bar.