Carnival Conquest Review

More Negatives than Positives

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Conquest
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First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jul 2008
Cabin: Balcony

My husband and I sailed on the Conquest July 6-13. While the staff tries very hard and the people are nice, this just wasn't the cruise experience we had hoped for. Here's my breakdown:

EMBARKATION: This was really easy and went smoothly. We followed the advice from the boards, parked at EZ Cruise at 10:45 am on Sunday and were on the boat exploring by 11:40. The in-port staff is efficient and friendly. We had lunch at the Lido buffet, the first in a long list of sub-cafeteria level buffet meals. (If you're thinking Luby's in terms of quality, your expectations are too high.) Our bags were in our room by 1:30 and we were unpacked before the muster drill at 3:45.

CABIN: Our balcony cabin, at first glance, was fine. Plenty of storage space under the bed for our huge suitcases and in the closets and cabinets for our clothes. (Pack hangers; there are never enough) The first inkling of a problem with our cabin came just after we left port, around 6 p.m. Unbeknown to us, we were DIRECTLY over the casino bandstand. The vibrations from the bass were so loud that the glasses on our tables were jumping. Because they played late, we knew that this was an untenable situation, and kept asking to be moved to another cabin. We ultimately were, two days later, to another cabin on the 6th Floor, 6385. It was infinitely better, and the purser's staff handled everything very kindly and professionally. You DO NOT want cabin 6363 unless you are going to be out partying late every night (early morning) in which case, you'll be just fine. Really, I would avoid the 6th floor altogether if you're a light sleeper; the 7th floor seems to be ideal because it is the only one sandwiched between two "cabin-only" floors.

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Balcony

Cabin 8A

Good closet, good balcony, horrible noise from casino bandstand below; ultimately moved to another cabin

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