Carnival Valor Review

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Sail Date: Jan 2008
Cabin: Balcony

Our group of four (two couples in late twenties/early thirties) had a wonderful week, thanks much in part to the great ports of call. It is tiring, but well worth it.

We flew into Miami a day early as we were traveling from our home in Alaska and we can never be sure of the weather. We spent a huge part of Saturday driving around the "Art Deco District" in South Beach trying to find the Best Western we had booked through an online travel agency. The driving in that part of Miami is absolutely horrible, but we eventually found the address of our hotel only to find that the hotel had been sold a month earlier. We checked in and immediately checked out because the conditions were horrible and they couldn't guarantee us parking anywhere in the vicinity. We headed to the Port of Miami hotel area and for only $100 more per night (WELL worth the cost) we stayed at the Holiday Inn (parking in their secured parking lot for $12) and had a wonderful evening eating at Bubba Gump's and visiting Bayside Marketplace. We had purchased tickets to see the Miami Heat play the NY Knicks but left after about 15 minutes - booooring.

EMBARKATION DAY - We rented our minivan through Avis at the airport and were able to drop it off at their near-Port location. We then had a taxi take us to the Port (about $12.50). We arrived around 11:30 am. Beware of the porters who ask you about "priority" baggage check-in. I asked how much extra it was. He told me "a few dollars to get on the ship first" so I said okay (for our 8 bags). I gave him a $20 (silly me). We had a balcony cabin within full view of all the ship's luggage and clearly saw that our luggage sat in the rain and was the LAST to get on the ship. I complained to Carnival but they have no control over what the porters do - so they say.

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Balcony

Cabin 8A
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