Carnival Fascination

I was set to sail on very first cruise with my fiancE, Friday, November 19, 2004. We were very much excited. Everything was packed, we took Bonnie for motion sickness and now we were on our way. We decided to make the two hour drive from Fort Myers, Florida, to the Port of Miami. We left Fort Myers approximately 7:30 a.m. After missing two exits, we arrived at 11:45.

We originally booked on the Upper Deck and received a free upgrade to the Empress Level after we received our documents. When we went to check in it confused the little elderly women but we did get the correct room keys. They gave us two sheets of paper that stated we would have to wait until 1:00 p.m. to go to our cabin because the stewards were still cleaning our rooms. We were finally allowed on the boat and the ship photographer took our picture. Lunch was being served on the Lido Deck and we had hamburgers and French fries. Little did we know that was the main menu for the next 3 days for lunch. They did have a little something different i.e. fried chicken one day and jerk chicken another day. The main thing was we was always full, but there could have been more of a variety. Read more