Just disembarked from the Carnival Triumph 4 day cruise from Galveston, to Cozumel, and back.

We originally had just a balcony room, which would have been tight for our family of four. A month or so before the cruise, Carnival contacted me to upgrade to an Ocean Suite at a special rate. I have no idea if I saved anything or not, but I am so, so glad we upgraded. We had a decent amount of space in our room. We had our king bed, the couch converted to a bed and we had a roll away. We actually used the jacuzzi tub many times. We did a pre-dinner glass of wine before dinner every night on our balcony. There is no better view for cocktail hour than that. The best part of all, was the priority boarding. I felt really bad bypassing all the masses of people in snaking lines, up to the front of security, then going on with zero wait to be checked in.

The ship is really impressive, as most of those ships are. We were on the 7th level, so it was easy just to take the stairs up to the Lido on 9 or down to 5 where the night clubs are. Read more