My husband booked our cruise on the Triumph to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. We received excellent service from our Carnival Representative. We did switch to a TA, a family friend however ended up booking flights on-line ourselves getting better deals than our TA could have. Unfortunately we had not cruised since February 1991 and our Carnival Rep was unable to locate our past guest number.

We flew from Buffalo NY to Fort Lauderdale on the day of cruising. We did not encounter any problems. We had booked the Carnival transfer and were met at the luggage claim by a very pleasant, helpful Carnival Team. We were hungry however were assured lunch was on the Lido deck before departing. We arrived at the Miami cruise dock in due time, however it took nearly 2 hours to embark as apparently the computers were down. We were handed customs forms for the Bahamas when we were almost at the desk and the forms needed to be filled in for each of us before we could embark. It might have been a good idea to hand those forms out a little earlier as we had plenty of time while waiting in line. At least we did not have to drag our luggage. By the time we got on-board, lunch was over. No more food was available until we left the port. Our departure time was supposed to be 4 pm. It was closer to 6 pm. as the life boat drill needed to be completed be for we left.

Immediately upon embarking we went to locate our cabin. At first we thought it might be too noisy so way back so far and close to engines. It turned out quite nice. Our TA has suggested mid-ship would be the best. As the days went by we realized aft was better. No waves smacking the ship, no traffic coming and going from the cabins. Read more