Carnival Triumph Review

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Carnival Triumph - Eastern Caribbean

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Triumph
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deenie-b
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2007
Cabin: Balcony

My hubby and I, both early 40's traveled with another couple. This was our 8th Carnival Cruise and 2nd on the Triumph. We flew in the day before and stayed at the Miami Radisson which was pretty nice. We headed to the port the next morning about 11am and were on board by 11:30 am. Embarkation in the new terminal was amazingly quick and easy!! We went up to our room on the Lido deck and it was pretty much ready to go. Our room steward and assistant were nearby finishing the rooms so we told him we just wanted to drop off our stuff and would then get out of his hair. We dumped our carry-on and locked our valuables in the safe and went out to the Lido deck for our first (of several)vacation beverages. We eventually had some lunch and mingled and listened to the calypso band (which was AWESOME!!). We set sail right on time and were off on a wonderful week in the Eastern Caribbean.

Our itinerary hit San Juan (at night), St Thomas and Grand Turk. There isn't much to do in San Juan at night but we couldn't miss Senor Frogs which was really pretty fun. We were back on board by 10:30 though and then went to the first of two deck parties. St Thomas was beautiful as usual but we've been there many times and just really puttered around. Grand Turk was a great port for us. Even though the island has nothing to it, we loved having the beach and Margaritaville just steps away from the ship. We spent most of our time in the huge pool at Margaritaville and it was a blast. There was a 2nd deck party on the 4th night of the cruise and this is when they did the Halloween activities and costume contest which was hilarious!

We loved our days at sea and with San Juan being a night time port we really had 4 sea days, which we loved. We really enjoyed the main pool activities/contests and the calypso band. The capers called them "Total Eclipse" but I think they hadn't changed the name in the capers because their name was C.E.M. If you ever have them on a cruise, you won't be disappointed. I heard many people say they were the best calypso band they had ever had on a cruise and I completely agree. They played a very wide variety of music, not just reggae and that was really great.

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Balcony

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