Itinerary: Carnival Destiny sailing round trip from San Juan on a 7 day southern Caribbean cruise with stops in St. Thomas, Dominica, Barbados and Aruba. I'm 34 and was traveling with a friend. It was my fourth cruise on Carnival and his second and it rained-- a lot!

Embarkation: Pretty smooth. I was really impressed, as this was the easiest boarding I've had. I did do the fast pass online before hand. There was a bit of a wait to enter the terminal but once inside you could just walk up to the counter and then onto the ship. It took no more than twenty minutes. The fastpass was pretty new then and I really have to give Carnival a hand on this one because it seems to work- even in the pouring rain.

Cabin: I was a little disappointed in the cabin. Ok, scratch that- I was a lot disappointed in the cabin. I had booked a Cat. 11 suite and really expected it to be in better repair than it was. I had booked the same room on the Conquest and was very impressed with the quality- on the Destiny however I felt as though I were in a run down motel room in the part of town where you rent by the hour. We boarded at 5 p.m. and the room had been "cleaned" and remade. However, there were numerous burned out light bulbs (which were not changed till the end of the voyage), garbage in the trash can, and the bottom of the tub had some sort of black "stuff" in it that looked to have fallen off the wall, along with several of the tiles from the wall. There were great gaping holes in the tile work and the black "stuff" I'm sure was some manner of mold. It looked to have been an ongoing problem as there were far more holes in the wall then there were tiles in the tub. Beyond that the television worked only sporadically and then with a great deal of static. On the lesser side and honestly I would normally overlook this if it weren't for the other things, the coffee table was broken and would no longer raise to dining height and the furniture was ripped and stained. Now, don't get me wrong- this did not ruin my trip but I felt a little like a fool for booking what should have been some of the nicest accommodations on the ship and receiving what I did. I think the light bulbs were a perfect example- I mean why weren't they replaced before we even boarded when the room was made up and failing that why did it take several days? This was a suite after all, what were the regular rooms like? Read more