Just returned home from a short cruise on the Fascination. This was my third cruise, but first time with Carnival, it was my husbands first cruise. We flew in the day that our cruise left, which was a first for me but everything went very well. We used Carnivals transportation to get to the port, no problems there!

Embarkation: This went pretty quickly, it was strange to me that they give you a room key along with your sign & sail card. I am used to having one card for everything. We arrived a little after 11:00 and were on the ship by 11:30.

Cabin: We were on the Empress deck, which was nice because we were close to most everything! Our cabin was very nice, and a little bigger than Royal Caribbean! The bathroom was also bigger, which was nice. Our room steward Rommy was wonderful. He always made it a point to greet us, and kept our room clean! Read more