Carnival Ecstasy Review

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A small but mighty ship

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Ecstasy
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Melissalcsw
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Apr 2017
Cabin: Ocean View
Traveled with children

Let me preface my review by sharing, that I’ve cruised a couple of times. This was a first for my SO and 2 children ages 15 & 9.

I read many reviews prior to this trip, and read many negative reviews; but with that in mind I was determined to have a great time on this ship.

On the day of embarkation, I arrive at the main gate at 1100, with the warehouse opening at 1130 for car parking. We proceeded through the first two tents: 1: checking boarding passes, as this assigns what lane to get in and 2: The tent where they checked Passports and birth certificates. We pulled up further and waited for about 15 minutes for the warehouse to open. Important to note, we were in the lane for Faster to the Fun, plus all the priority guests. Once the lane started moving, we got to our third and final tent; this is where you pay for parking and where we dropped off our luggage. I prepaid for parking, and showed my email confirmation; this made it smooth as they don’t take cash. Once we parked inside a covered warehouse, we had a short 2 minute walk to the shuttles and we were on immediately. You can walk to the pier; it’s paved and will probably take 5 minutes or less. There are plenty of police directing traffic, so it’s safe. However we elected the shuttle. We were promptly dropped off in front, with someone giving instructions for the upcoming security lines FTTF (Faster to the Fun) had their own security lines, I think there were three for passengers. Once through security we headed to the agents, where they checked our BC and Passports took our photos and gave us our Sail and Sign cards. We proceeded up the stairs to the gang plank. In total it maybe took us 30 minutes once we parked. It was so smooth.

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Ocean View

Cabin 6E
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