Carnival Liberty Review

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mankato320
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jan 2010
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

We had a fantastic cruise so if your looking for negative reviews skip this one...Our family consists of two adults, two 16 year old boys, one 13 year old girl, and one 10 year old son. We left Minnesota on Friday for Miami and stayed overnight at the Wyndham Airport Hotel.

We arrived in Miami very late but had little trouble finding the hotel shuttle. My review here is about the Liberty, however if you are looking for hotel info. we had so many problems with the Wyndham that I would highly recommend you stay elsewhere.

This was our first cruise; we loaded 13 people and enough gear for 30 people into 3 cabs ($24 per cab rate max 5 people), and headed to the Port of Miami. We arrived at the Port at around 11 AM and it was already a madhouse. Some of us had our bags tagged with our Carnival deck tags, some did not. I would suggest tagging your bags prior to getting there if you can. They do have very helpful Porters that are anxious to help you and do have extra tags. Getting on the ship is a bit of a process and some waiting, but before we knew it we were walking onto the Liberty and the holy sh*t factor kicked in. We were amazed from step one onto the ship. The Liberty is a beautiful ship and well organized. For our family we had two Balcony Staterooms on level 6 starboard aft. Our rooms were spotless and perfect for us. Our room had 2 Twin Beds converted into a King, a single Convertible Sofa and an upper bunk. My wife and I and our two youngest were in this room and it worked very well. Every night while we were at supper the sofa bed and bunk were made up and every morning the bunk was stowed away for space. With two adults and two children in our room it often looked like a tornado touched down. Twice daily our room attendants made our room look spotless. Anything left out was picked up, folded, put away, and/or organized. We ordered room service every morning. We used room service as our alarm clock and had a small breakfast and coffee on our balcony. I must add, if your considering saving some money and going with an inside stateroom, DON'T! We had inside staterooms booked and changed our minds and will never regret it. With the sun rising, a hot cup of coffee in my hand, and in my Carnival robe, I stood on our balcony and watched us port in Cozumel, The Cayman Islands, and Ocho Rios and will not regret paying extra for the experience and view. Every day ended on the balcony reflecting and watching the waves in the glow from the ship lights. We went with the soda cards for the kids which are just stickers attached to your ID card. I believe it was $38 or $39 per child but well worth it if your kids drink soda. We thought about sneaking liquor on the ship but didn't only because our hotel wasn't near a liquor store. However, it would not have benefited us because our family hangout/meeting spot was next to a bar near the casino and there was no chance I was going back to our room to mix drinks. I drink beer or bourbon and rarely drank either on the ship. Since our excursion on Mexico I have become a Margarita fan. Speaking of excursions, DO NOT BOOK THROUGH THE SHIP!!(no offense Carnival). We booked on-line for Mexico and Grand Cayman.

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Balcony

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