My husband and I just traveled on the Conquest with our 3 kids (6 and 3 years old and 16 months) and 14 other members of our family. I am 35 and my husband is 31. We drove into Galveston from San Antonio, so we did not take a flight or stay in a hotel before boarding the ship.
This was our fourth cruise and our second with Carnival. Our other cruises were on Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas in the Caribbean and the Panama Canal, the Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston to Mexico, and the Norwegian Pearl in Alaska.
This was a 7-night cruise that stopped in Nassau, Bahamas; Freeport, Grand Bahama Island; and Key West.
Great location near the elevators, lots of storage space, lots of space, nice window area.