Carnival Paradise Review
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Background Information: There were three of us going on our very first cruise. I was accompanied by my work friend (Lisa) and my sister. I don't normally spell my first name like that, but when I told Assistant Cruise Director Michael Patrick my name at the Ping Pong tournament, he spelled it like that...must be a British thing, but I liked the spelling of it ;)
Hotel Info (if any): None.
Travel To Port of Embarkation: We were driven by Lisa's significant other, David, from the Inland Empire. We were picked up at approximately 11:50 a.m. and arrived at the Port of Long Beach at approximately 12:30 p.m. Our paperwork said we couldn't embark onto the ship until 1:30 p.m., but we were let on quickly after checking in. We had to go to the purser's desk to put our separate credit cards on the Sail & Sign card and weren't able to get into our stateroom until 1:30 p.m., but that was fine.
Cabin Review
Ocean View
Nice sized closet (2 doors and one "open" closet to hang jackets). The hallway was a bit noisy (lots of kids running around). We weren't that far from one set of elevators but didn't hear too much noise in that direction. There was a bit of a smell of cigarette/cigar smoke in the hallways.