Carnival Conquest Review

Carnival Conquest - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Conquest
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baboomgirl
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: May 2005
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

Just a little background on the family first. Travelers included myself Anne Marie(32) Joe my husband(34) and my 2 sons Kyle(13) and Spencer(5). It is my 3rd cruise, Joe's second and the kids first. We flew direct from Houston TX to the Airport/pier at New Orleans.

We left on the morning of May 29th for an 11:50 am flight to New Orleans. We were all very excited as the kids had never been on a real vacation like this and it is really overwhelming for anyone the first time around. We arrived successfully and had booked a limo to pick us up as it was only 20 each way more than a cab! We were quite disappointed with the service from the driver when we arrived. Carrying 6 heavy bags of luggage and one carry on each...he had parked a considerable amount away and offered no assistance to help carry the bags. The car was dirty and lacked that flair that you expect taking a limo ride. Anyway...so now we are at the pier...one good thing is that limo's get to pull right up to where you go into the port and there are porters there waiting to help take your bags inside(for a tip of course...get used to that!) Anyone driving and parking , etc...good luck, the construction makes this port a nightmare. New Orleans itself (can only give an opinion from the airport to the pier) was dirty and smelly, but so is Newark, NJ where I used to live near the airport...I am sure there are nice places there, but I saw none.

Once inside the terminal which we arrived at about 1:15, it was not as insane as I thought it would be from reading others reviews. We had done the fast pass on line and went right up to our window and then got to sit in the first set of yellow chairs...10 minutes later, the second set of yellow chairs, 15-20 minutes later we were having our "get on the ship" photo taken which delays EVERYONE and they really should have at least 5 or more groups to take photos at the same time to move this along.

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Balcony

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