Carnival Destiny Review
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I cruised with my daughter and her boyfriend on the Destiny last month. We had such a great time! I love this ship and our cabin location was perfect. I'll break down the review below.
Embarkation - Very smooth, we had an early ride and arrived at the port around 10:30. We were given our zone number and we hung out in the waiting area until we were called. We were called around 11:30 and were one of the first groups on board. We went to the buffet to grab lunch and went to explore the ship.
Ship - They have a big screen on the Lido deck - there are movies played on it in the evening. I didn't see any of them, but I did watch the news when I went to get my cup of coffee each morning. There are 3 pools, but it seemed that whenever I want to the pool in the back of the ship it was closed for some reason. I did discover that they have strawberry ice cream in the machine in this area though:-) The ship is very clean, and well maintained. I did occasionally smell the "sewer odor" that I've read about on other reviews; it was in a couple of the common areas and didn't really bother me.
Cabin Review
Balcony
Cabin - We had cabin 1001 on the Spa Deck. Loved the cabin and location. Couple of things to be aware of when booking on the Spa Deck on this ship. The balconies are not covered so you will get full sun. Unless you have one of the first two cabins forward, people on the deck above can see directly into your balcony. (There is an overhang of about 10 inches.) Above my cabin there was a wind barrier that prevented anyone from looking down into my balcony. The location was great - close to the lido deck and buffet area. We had ample room to store all our "stuff". The only noise issue I had was one night when there were kids running back and forth on the deck above. Other than that it was very quiet. Right outside our cabin was the door leading to the Spa. A couple of times I went there to use the shower - they're huge!!!! I didn't notice much difference in movement between the front of the ship where our cabin was to the back where we had dinner each evening.