Carnival Liberty Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Eastern Carribean with a 3 yr old

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Liberty
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bcsurvivor05
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2008
Cabin: Ocean View
Traveled with children

We decided to fly down a day before our cruise being that we live in NY and could have weather issues. We took Southwest and stayed at the Marriott Springhill Suites. It was a nice hotel and they did provide transportation from the airport to the hotel and from the hotel to the ship.

When we got to the ship they allowed us to move to the head of the line being that we had a child in a stroller with us (I HIGHLY recommend bringing a stroller for this process alone) and we were onboard within about 20 minutes of arriving. The rest of my family had to wait in the normal lines and it took them about 45 - 60 mins I believe to get on board. Overall they said that the wait was not to bad. I have read some reviews saying that you should bring an umbrella stroller. I have a graco metrolite and it worked perfectly. It fit in the door of the room without a problem and when not in use we folded it and put it in the corner. We opted not to take a car seat and I am glad that we didn't bother. None of the cabs have seatbelts so we wouldn't have been able to use it anyway.

Once on the ship we were not able to get to our rooms so we decided to go eat lunch. We went to the deli and had tuna and also went and got some fries and chicken nuggets from the outdoor burger area. We decided to get the fountain pass as well. WARNING ABOUT FOUNTAIN PASS: The bartenders totally ignore you when you have the fountain pass. Apparently they do not get tips from it and therefore do not want to serve you. It is a hassle almost every time to get a drink! You are allowed to bring with you a six pack of drinks per person so we decided to bring bottled water and it worked out well. The ports were beautiful and we had perfect weather. The big screen on the lido deck was awesome. The movies and superbowl were great to watch as long as it wasn't to windy out. We were getting totally blown away the day of the superbowl. The food was very good for the most part. There is a sundae bar always set up in the aft (back) corner on deck 9 (Lido Deck). The deli was very good but kind of hard to find. It is in Emilie's on the Lido deck on one of the sides (if you are standing at the doors where the slide is and are facing in looking at Emilie's it would be on your right side). The slide was a ton of fun and was open several times during our trip. As for our ports of call the only thing that I would say is DO NOT GO TO CORAL WORLD in St. Thomas and don't bother booking the tours of the island from the ship. There are always cabs waiting to take you on tours or to a beach and it is 1/4 the price of the ships price. You can also strike a deal with the driver to come back and get you if you want to go to a beach. Coral world was a complete waste of money. It was $15 per person and we were done in about 45 minutes. It was a complete joke. However, I would definitely go to Atlantis in the Bahamas. Don't take the water taxi, take a land taxi. It is $1 more but the water taxi is a bit on the dangerous side. THE ROOM: Ok, I decided long ago that my review was not going to be like others that I had read prior to my trip. I wanted to give as much detail about the ship and stuff instead of the ports of call.

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Ocean View

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