Carnival Elation Review

Great First time cruise on the Elation

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spiritstalker
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Sep 2012
Cabin: Interior

We arrived at New Orleans the day before our cruise and stayed at the Holiday Inn Super Dome and did the park and sail package. I DO NOT RECOMMEND, the website stated they offered a shuttle to Bourbon Street and surrounding areas but when we arrived they told us they do not offer that service. On the day of the cruise the shuttle took us to port and the driver said to just call the hotel when we returned for the shuttle to pick us up, when we returned I called and the front desk lady was very rude and said "they don't do pick ups!" So it cost us another 26 dollars for a taxi back to the hotel, it would have been cheaper to park at the port. Now on to the cruise!

Embarking was super easy and very fast, we only waited 10 min before we were on the ramp and boarding the ship. We went straight to Lido deck for drinks and lunch, the food looked amazing but the taste was something else. My only complaint on the whole cruise was the food it was at best comparable to a casino buffet. It was all pretty bland even in the dining room. The 1st night around 10pm we were in the casino and the ship really started swaying we ran to the deck and the wind was crazy it would almost push you over board! The seas were very rough the 1st night and day, a lot of people were sick and they even put out the little bags by the elevators. A few crew members even told us that is the worse they had seen it. They closed the top two decks the 1st sea day because of high wind. We didn't care we enjoyed rocking back and forth on a deck chair with a drink in our hands catching some rays.

Our cabin was on the main deck and we arrived it had a king size bed, we called the room steward and requested the king size be made into two singles and we also need a bunk bed made, when we returned from dinner our beds were all ready like we requested. Dividing the king gave us a lot more room, the beds were very comfy even the bunk bed. The room was always clean and we had plenty of towels. We never did meet our cabin steward but we were never in our rooms only to change clothes and sleep.

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Interior

Cabin 4C

M76 on the main deck was a very quiet and clean. Our room had two singles that made into king and two bunk beds. Our closet was nice sized with three adults we had enough room in the closet for all of us. The bathroom was small and had a small shower but was always clean and we always had enough towels. We were not to far from the elevators it was a great central location.

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