This cruise was our first Carnival. The cruise was to celebrate our daughters college graduation. She and her BF had the adjoining room.
We arrived in Miami 6/23 and spent the night in South Beach. Oh boy what an eye opening experience.
Sunday morning we had breakfast in South Beach, then took a taxi to the port around 11AM. Maybe a 10 or fifteen minute drive. Dropped our luggage with porter and headed to the check-in counter. We were onboard within 25 minutes of arriving at the port. We could not gain access to our room till 1:30, so we began to explore the ship, and of course had lunch. First impressions are lasting. Ship was extremely clean, and remained that way through-out the cruise. Made spa and dinner appointments and headed to our room.