Carnival Triumph Review
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Prior to this cruise, we have been on four other ones; our first was our Honeymoon in 2000 on the Paradise. Wife had cruised once before on the Imagination. All of our cruises have been on a Carnival Fun Ship. This Cruise set sail on Saturday, December 2, 2006 out of Miami, Florida for a 7 day Eastern Caribbean. We would be calling on the Ports of: San Juan Puerto Rico on Monday, St. Thomas USVI on Tuesday, and St. Maarten on Wednesday. With days out at sea listed as Sunday, Thursday, and Friday. Our Cruise Director was Paul Stanley who is from England. Traveling on this Carnival Cruise aboard the Carnival Triumph is my wife and I. Wife occasionally uses a wheelchair due to Spinal Bifida. Our room aboard was on deck 2, main deck, cabin 2347 with an ocean view via picture window.
Embarkation: Living in Miami we had two choices to drive ourselves or be dropped off. We chose to be dropped off and save $105.00. Parking at the port has become $15.00 per day. Even if you have a Disabled Parking Permit. With exceptions being according to Florida DOT exceptions are made only if the car/truck/van is equipped with ramps, lifts, or hand controls. For those who wish to drive down, I suggest you look for hotels where they offer park and cruise. I learned of this when I sailed out of Cape Canaveral. With a one night stay at the hotel pre or post cruise you are permitted to park your vehicle for the length of your cruise. The hotel in Cape Canaveral dropped us off at the pier and picked us up when we arrived as part of the park and cruise deal.
We arrived at the Port of Miami at 10:45am. With my wife in the wheelchair we were escorted to the front of the line and had our Sail and Sign cards within 5 min. We were given a VIP priority boarding pass, and escorted to a VIP waiting area. We waited about 10 min then we were escorted again to another sitting area. Here they were selling bottle water for $1.00. We waited another 10 minuets then a lady came out, took our pass and escorted us to the ship. We were stopped for Carnival Embarkation photo. Which took three attempts as the camera was malfunctioning. Then with Sail and Sign cards in hand we were walking onto the ship just after 11:30am.