This was my third cruise and my last. Carnival has completely turned me off from cruises and if I decide to go again, it will not be on a Carnival ship. This was a birthday and graduation celebration to visit Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on 1.16.2010. (It did take me sometime to write this review because I wanted to find appropriate information before making a final judgment).

When Carnival decided to switch ports, due to propulsion issues, I learned from other guests that this was a reoccurring issue, not a single incident. Upon my return from the trip I Googled, "Carnival Destiny propulsion problems", lo and behold a long history. I found the first claim to have occurred in 1999, and then reoccurring up until now. That's a decade of the same problem, furthermore, on different instances the ship was "adrift for many hours". Of course, I have been back and forth with Carnival because that $75 credit per person is inadequate. A representative at Carnival wrote, "We can assure you that in no way is this related to the issues experienced with the propulsion problem from September." Her statement doesn't make any sense, like most machines if one mechanism isn't working properly, the entire machine won't work properly, if at all. Additionally, I explained that several of the ship's staff admitted to this being a reoccurring issue. I even included the information I found online. Of course, in her next disappointing response, she doesn't even attempt to respond to my argument about the decade of propulsion issues.

This is our hard-earned money and vacation time spent, promised two islands, only to receive four days at sea, and one day on land. Not to mention, I have been to Nassau TWICE, that was the last place I wanted to go. Read more