Carnival Fantasy Review

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Great First Cruise Experience

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Fantasy
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Bobblefrog
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jan 2012
Cabin: Porthole

While we are first time cruisers, we made sure to do our research and I think had realistic expectations. If anything we had low expectations -because we were pleasantly surprised all the way around with the great service, food and all the experiences the Carnival Fantasy provided.

CHARLESTON: We stayed at the Best Western Kings Inn Downtown - found an Internet special for $80.00 for a queen-sized room. $89 with taxes. With its four poster bed, sitting chair with hassock, Charleston magazine and area guide book, magnifying makeup mirror in the bath, to name a few things - it was more luxurious than most Best Westerns. Parking is free and you can continue to park through 4:00 PM the next day if you want. Checkout was 11:00 AM. They have a happy hour with a cheese, cracker and fruit plate in the afternoon, $5.00 wine and other bar drinks for sale. You can charge your drinks to the room. The house Merlot was perfectly nice. If you are a tea drinker, be sure to check out the selection of gourmet tea bags in the coffee station in that same lounge area. I think in the summer when the fountains and pools are going it would be very nice. I wouldn't recommend spending the extra money for a king or to sit out on a balcony...your view is of the parking lot :-) And the queen, despite reviews I read was a perfectly adequate size.

We walked to dinner - The Swamp Fox in the Francis Marion. Had reservations but on a Sunday night in January they were unnecessary. There were only a few other diners there. Service was fabulous. Food was tasty, but honestly, IMHO, no better than what we were to have on the Fantasy later in the week. We used a restaurant.com certificate and it was accepted graciously.

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Porthole

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On one side is a fire station, so no worries about neighbors, although on the other side we discovered our neighbors TV to be unfortunately loud on a couple of occasions. They do tend to keep the cart across the hall because there is not a direct cabin across from us - but for us that is not a complaint. The staff was always very quiet. Never heard anything from cabin above. I found the bow thrusters as we docked at port a nice way to wake up (better than my alarm). Found the room spacious and the only thing I'd wish for is more places to hang things (wet suits, towels, etc.) Loved the porthole and the ledge large enough for two to sit (just watch hitting your head on the porthole covers. Pillows comfy, comforter thin but warm...plenty of room below the beds to store your empty suitcases. Like the chair rail ledge around the room - found it very practical.

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