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This was our first "Christmas" cruise and leaving out of New York was probably not the smartest thing we could have done, but we did not have to fly, so costs were down.
Embarkation was smooth and easy being with the VIP group. This was our first cruise on Carnival and overall it was very good. The Muster drill was held outside so that was a little cool to say the least.
Our Vista suite was a 10 out of 10, and we would certainly book it again, best dollar for dollar value of any of the suite's we have cruised. Once we reached warmer weather the wrap around balcony was so nice.
The ship itself is very beautiful, the theme in this ship is "Story Telling" and I loved all the decor, it is definitely worth seeing.
The food was average, there was nothing wrong with it, it was just OK. However Nick and Nora's steakhouse was absolutely fantastic, worth every cent of the charge, and the biggest piece of cheesecake for desert I have ever seen in any restaurant.
By the time we hit Port Canaveral the weather had warmed up and even though our excursion was cancelled due to lack of interest my wife and I grabbed a cab and headed to cocoa beach for some shopping.
Freeport was fun, the weather was great, and we went to lucayan for some shopping and went to the beach, it was far too crowded for us, but a nice experience none the less.
Nassau was Doomsday and the only thing that came close was the fact that there were 5 cruise ships there on that day and I have never seen the port as crowded as that day, lets put it this way, it was so crowded I was able to walk through without being harassed by the local taxi drivers :)
All in all it was a very nice cruise, but we are probably never going to cruise that close to Christmas again, it was hectic leading up to the cruise getting Christmas ready for when we returned, and then we got back on Christmas eve only to go crazy visiting the family for the next three days that we got so run down we got sick......
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