I just returned from the Conquest on Monday, October 24, 2005. This was our second cruise on the same ship. We took the same ship the same week in 2004. Last year our cruise was wonderful, we did miss the Caymans because of Hurricane Ivan, but that didn't matter. The entire onboard experience made up for missing one port. We could have missed all three and still had a great time.
This last cruise was entirely a different story. We were to visit Jamaica, Caymans, and Cozumel. Well Wilma changed that, we went to Costa Maya, Cozumel, and Progresso. So what, we were still on a great ship right? I couldn't be any more wrong.
We did have a great room steward, Albert. And our waiters in the main dinning room did loosen up after a couple of days. But that was it for the great and wonderful Carnival Conquest. With an exception of these few individuals, every staff member on the ship was very rude, short spoken, almost as if "why are you bothering me".