Carnival Fascination Penthouse Warning! You will be robbed if you do not read this. I just departed the Carnival Fascination Penthouse and this cruise was a nightmare. This vacation involved 5 family groups that are all related. I booked the penthouse and rest were in suites below me. I arrived at the terminal hours early, and taken to a VIP sitting area. I was literally the last one to board that ship which was very upsetting considering I was told upon booking, the penthouse VIPs would board first! Their reasoning was this was a high security room and it needed a special room card, so we sat in this room for hours. After repeatedly asking why was I the last one to book, they finally gave me the room cards and escorted me to the part of the ship with the penthouse. The room is beautiful, there was no doubt about that. But here is the best part, I walked into my room the next day and found some of the teenagers in it watching tv and asked them how they got in there, they showed me, all you have to do is run your room card key down the sign of the door and it pops open your penthouse door immediately. I was so upset because I didn't believe them, went outside and I was in my room in a second. Penthouse passengers carry a larger amount of cash and jewelry. Even though there was a safe, we still had expensive watches laying around, our purses with credit cards and diamond earnings. Your door is out of view from the hallway, so anyone can enter the penthouse in a second. There were complaints of items being stole right at the pool side. I informed Security who did not believe me until I took them up and entered my room in approximately 3 seconds without using my card. So much for waiting that 45 minutes for my special card.

At 4 o'clock when the boat is pulling out, I was now concerned that everyone on the boat was outside drinking and in the pool but my luggage still had not been delivered. Another one of those promised special treatments, your luggage had special tags. After numerous inquiries, I found a steward at my door telling me they had lost my luggage which now upsets my family because we have no clothes or any belongings and there asking me what color my luggage was. After hours, it shows up, so now were the last ones outside to the pool area.

There is absolutely no entertainment on this ship, there are no announcements of any kind to inform passengers what is going on. NOT ONE. There is one nightclub on board and they let the kids have it until 10:30. If your looking for somewhere to go, you have to wait till late. All the pools close at 10:00 pm including the hot tubs. This is the time where most adults traveling with their children finally get to use this area as it is packed with kids during the day. This is my 3rd cruise and first on Carnival. Other cruises I have been on, keeps their pools and hot tubs open all night. Read more