A general note about this review, I write it as advice to future prospective passengers and as an open letter to Carnival identifying areas for improvement. It contains more than a few issues, but most of them didn't significantly detract from my cruise experience--I stand by my 4-out-of-5-star review, and overall, had a great time on the 10/6/2012 sailing of the Carnival Liberty.

I am a young professional and took this cruise with my girlfriend. We are Florida residents and booked within a month of sailing. We have each cruised before on Norwegian and MSC. She's sailed on Carnival before, but I had not (also read: neither of had any sort of meaningful status with Carnival). Overall, the cruise was a great value for the money, and I would strongly recommend this ship and route to other similarly-situated (i.e. no children) Florida residents looking for a last-minute vacation.

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