Carnival Victory Review

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Carnival Victory - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Victory
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jcs56
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2005
Cabin: Balcony

First let me introduce our family. We are a middle aged couple, married 30 years and we were accompanied by our 23 y.o. daughter and 18 y.o. son. We have cruised once before on the Carnival Triumph and loved it with no complaints except for in the dining room. But that is in the past. We loved Carnival and have never considered another cruise line.

So here we go..... We flew into Orlando because we had plenty of time and wanted to drive along the coastline to Miami. We arrived in Orlando on Saturday morning at about 10:30. I had reserved a mini van for us (lots of luggage) from Budget. Our van was waiting for us and we were ready for our vacation to begin. We had a room near Miami Airport because that is where we had to return the car in the morning. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn Miami Airport West/Doral Area. The motel was OK, not the best. I expected a nicer place being near the airport and all. The have a deal to stay and get free transport to the port. We wound up getting a cab instead because the van going to the port made other stops and we didn't want to do that. The cab for 4 was $30.00 to the port. But it was quick and the driver was very nice.

So we arrived at the port about 10:30. (15 min. drive) I should say right here that we saw the old Sheraton Biscayne Bay being "imploded" that day....it is gone now. They are building condos there. As I said we arrived at the port at 10:30, the luggage went very smoothly. We had 8 large bags and I tipped $10.00. He seemed thrilled that I gave more than $1 per bag. haha So we went right in the building, there was a line to the door. When we got in line we just stood there for about an hour. It never moved for that hour but once it did, it went fast and smoothly. I didn't see any difference for those with funpass and those without. We went through all the checkpoints and when we got to the area where you usually sit in chairs and wait we went right onto the ship. This was about 11:15. So I would say embarkation was very smooth sailing once our line started to move.

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Balcony

Cabin 8A
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