This was our 18th cruise and I have always said that a cruise is what you make of it. Did we have fun? Yes, but this was not one of my favorites cruises.

We sailed on the Triumph’s 5-day, 1/27/14 sailing. We like to take a post-holiday cruise in January and have done the Progresso, Cozumel route twice before on the Ecstasy and enjoyed that ship. I feel the Triumph experience is a step down. We did have fun on the trip, but mostly in spite of Carnival and not because of them. We typically find a way to have fun where ever we are and whatever we are doing, and that was the case on this trip. I think that there may be an increasingly poor product that Carnival is offering. It may be focusing on the masses or lowest common denominator.

Below are some random thoughts, opinions and comparisons on the cruise. They are not meant to anger or offend. Each of us is different and these are my thoughts. Take them as such. Read more