Our flight was set so we would leave 6am the day the ship would leave Puerto Rico. Delta overbooked our flight and we were bumped to leave later in the afternoon. We arrived in Puerto Rico at 10pm and the ship would be leaving not long after. Needless to say we missed the ship, lost our luggage, and were put up in a hotel for a few hours. We flew the next morning to our first port of call in St. Thomas. This was our second time aboard Carnival Destiny (went in 2003). Carnival gave us some spending money onboard since we had problems which was nice. At some point we got our luggage which impressed us. My opinion: try to get to the town where the port is located a day early.

We stayed in the Penthouse Suite which was just two cabins together. It was nice having a balcony again but if we were to go again... I'd just opt for a balcony room. Having a bigger bathroom was nice this time though. The color schemes in the rooms are very 90's and I would never use the word 'luxury' for Carnival.

We went to St. Thomas, Barbados, Dominica, and Aruba. We loved all ports but Dominica. The first time we went on the Destiny we went to Martinique and it was horrible as well. So we had been excited about Dominica. A bit of a let down. Read more