Carnival Imagination Review

Carnival Imagination - Western Caribbean

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

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Sail Date: Nov 2006
Cabin: Interior

We arrived in Miami on Friday night and stayed at the La Quinta on LeJuene Road. No problems with the hotel, great prices, free shuttle to the airport and port transfers and free continental breakfast. Only minor issue was the noise from the planes, but the rate, transfers and breakfast made up for this. As a note, when you arrive at the hotel and sign up for the port transfer, make sure they write down the number of travelers using the port transfer service. Family of 31 from Arizona had a minor issue, because the front desk only put down the room numbers and not the number of travelers, so this added to their port departure time and other airport pickups, but they made it in plenty of time.

Embarkation- We left the hotel around 10:15a.m. and arrived at the port around 20 minutes later. We dropped our bags with the porters, took some pictures outside and started the embarkation process which went smoothly and quickly. We had a 1:30p.m. boarding time, but we were on the ship and at lunch by 12:00p.m. The stewards were still preparing the rooms, but they let us drop off our carry-on without any problems. Shout out to Paulson my room steward for doing an excellent job. I went to the Pursers desk to check my on-board credit and everything was in order.

First Impression-Getting the hang of the layout of the ship was easier than we thought. Everything was in tip top shape. There were no real signs of wear or date and any maintenance issues were being handled promptly. I wonder how many gallons of paint and pieces of marble these guys use on each cruise?! The staff was always on top of things and was constantly cleaning and polishing without getting in way or really being noticed. My stateroom E100 was just the right size. I spent some time in one of the suites, WOW. I'm going need to save some extra money for next year. The staterooms and public rooms were better than expected.

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