Carnival Sensation Review

Carnival Sensation - Bahamas

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sensation
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BooBooMonkey
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Nov 2006
Cabin: Ocean View
Traveled with children

Background information-We are in our late 30's-early 40's and brought our 10-year-old son on this cruise. This was my 6th and DH's 5th cruise. DH and I together have cruised with Carnival twice before and NCL twice before in the past 5 years. This was our first 4-day cruise, first from Port Canaveral, and 3rd time to the Bahamas. We have previously done 3, 5 and 7-day itineraries from, Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, and Tampa.

Travel to port and embarkation- We drove to Melbourne Beach, FL (16 hours) and spent the night with DH's parents who have a place there. It is about 45 minutes from Port Canaveral an easy drive up A1A to the port. Signage was good and it was easy to find where we needed to be dropped off. You pull into the luggage drop-off area and unload your bags with the porter. The walk from there to the terminal was approximately 75 yards. We entered the terminal around 12:00 and were on board by 12:35 at the latest. Hint: fill out the Bahamas immigration form while you wait in line. They lead you to believe you must fill it out at one of the kiosks provided, but the time in line is sufficient to fill out the forms would have saved us 5 minutes or so. This was a very organized embarkation compared to others we have endured! Staff was very organized and friendly.

Stateroom- We had booked a 4A (Riviera interior), but decided to upgrade (for only $10) to a 6A (Riviera outside) after the price went down about 3 weeks prior to sailing. The window is kind of nice for looking out in the morning and knowing whether it is daylight or you are in port, etc. However, we have had interior cabins before that are just as nice, and the darkness is welcomed at times! I believe I read that the outside cabins have 5 more square feet of space. I couldn't really tell the difference. The bathrooms in these cabins are very large by most standards, as are the cabins. You can take a shower without having to touch the wall or curtain. Hot water was plentiful. I did have a shower mishap while in port at Nassau. The ship was docked with a slight list to the port (left) side and I'm not sure how I didn't notice water going over the little edge at the base, but I ended up with a floor full of water (and wet clothes on the floor). Never had that happen before. It did give me an opportunity to check out the laundry facilities - very adequate.

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Ocean View

Cabin 6A
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