This was the second cruise for myself and my husband. We had previously sailed on the Conquest out of Galveston and loved it, so we decided to take the kids on a trip for part of our Christmas. Since Mobile is only about 2.5 hours away, we definately wanted to leave from there and avoid the 10 hours to Galveston. Plus, we were excited about the Fantasy with its refurb and being bigger than the Holiday.
I booked directly through Carnival and we got interior staterooms on the Main deck. I thought the rooms were very nice and liked the layout. The bathrooms were definitely smaller than the Conquest, but functional just the same. Since there were 5 of us, we had two rooms. My 16 year old daughter and I shared one, and hubby and our 14 year old and 9 year old sons had the other. The pull down bunks were nice and the 9 year old loved it. The room steward was very attentive and the towel animals were cute, but no monkey on this trip.
We had the late seating dining this trip which I like very much. We tended to sleep late and have our first meal around 11am and then another around 4 or 5 pm, so 8:15 was perfect for us. Our waiters were fabulous. Margarita and Jerman spent the week making us feel like we were the only people on the ship and just like I told the kids, by the end of the week they knew who likes what and we felt like royalty!