Carnival Conquest Review

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Thought it was pretty wonderful all around

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Conquest
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Sail Date: Jan 2012

This was my first time on the Conquest after having sailed on the Glory a couple years ago. The ships were so much alike that I had no trouble navigating around the decks because I remembered a lot of the layout from the Glory. The big difference between them was the decor. Of which I thought the Conquest was just lovely. All the artwork everywhere was very nice. Not over-the-top like the Glory had a tendency to feel like at times. We got the feeling that we arrived at the port about the same time 3/4 of the other passengers on the ship did. Lines wound around and around and ... We would finish with one to find ourselves getting in another winding one. The lines went pretty smoothly thou, and, we tried to make the most of it. We felt sorry for the teenage boy who was carrying what looked like a 36-count pack of bottled water. He got his workout that day lifting it, setting it down, shifting shoulders, etc.

Once on the ship (about 1 1/2 hours later) we found the room ready and my luggage at the door. My mom and sister had to wait about another hour or more before theirs came. One of my sister's luggage tags had gotten stuck on my luggage, ripped off and therefore was missing in action without a tag. She had to wait until evening to go down to the room near customer services where they keep lost pieces of luggage. After putting things away we headed to the Lido deck for lunch. A nice buffet style meal with a nice selection of food. We set sail on time and enjoyed watching the ship turn around and head down the Mississippi River. From our port-side balcony we were able to see downtown New Orleans, St. Louis Cathedral and the rest of the city pass by on a chilly but sunshiny day. We didn't realize how long it takes to make it to the Gulf from New Orleans. It was nearly 10:00pm before we finally saw the oil rigs on the gulf waters and knew we had left the river. Dinner that night was wonderful. We met 3 of our table mates (the fourth tablemate joined us the next night) and thoroughly enjoyed their company the rest of the cruise. I figured we would have to share a table since there were only 3 of us. And I will admit I was a bit apprehensive about having to "make conversation" every night. But our table mates were a total delight from the word go. We would even meet up with them off and on throughout the week and share other meals with them as well. I looked forward to our dining time each night.

Monday and Tuesday were sea days. The water was choppy and the top decks were closed both days due to high winds. But at least it was sunny. And the temperatures were getting into the 80's. On Sunday, especially in the evening, we wore jackets on the balcony and were still chilled. I thought the ship provided an adequate number of activities. We enjoyed the musical trivia games (never came close but once to winning the ship-on-a-stick)However, my sister finally won a ship with the 60-second challenge game doing the hola hoop. Thought the first nights song and dance show in the lovely Toulouse Theater was a great show. Talented people for sure. Our cruise director was Paul and I thought he did a great job. Loved his accent and enjoyed his personality. Food was above average both nights in the beautiful Monet Dining Room. Our waiters were spot-on and super friendly. A couple times they would bring a second entre to one of us and told us that we just had to give this a try. We never left dinner hungry. In fact, I had to "suffer through" dessert a couple times.

Cabin Review

Liked the balcony. Sure wish they could clean the 'glass' better so you could see through them at the vista. Beds were very comfortable. Closet space was adequate. Need, need, need more plug ins. Only one, and it isn't even in the bathroom. Very nice to have a blow dryer that didn't require the one plug-in. The water in the shower was super hot the entire time. We could not figure a way to cool it down. I would never have been able to put a child in there as it would have been way too hot for them. Bathroom could most certainly use a exhaust fan. All the hot steamy air goes out into the room and heats it up. The AC was good most days, but, we felt the temperature rise at night for some reason. Never heard any noise from surrounding cabins. Plenty of room for three people to move around. Housekeeping was great!

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