Carnival Sensation Review

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Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sensation
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KenD17
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

Embarkation: The multi-layered process was mostly efficient. After dropping off luggage with porters, we were placed onto a somewhat long line to get through security. After passing through security, another line was used to acquire our room keys. On through the cheesy welcome aboard picture station and finally onto the ship.

Room: Our room was ready immediately, which was a plus. This balcony room was equipped with a pullman bed that was located directly over where your head would sleep in the queen sized bed. As a light sleeper, who tosses and turns frequently, I banged my head several times throughout the cruise while I was sleeping. NCL's pull out couches seemed like a much better design for a third person option. That being said, the rest of the room was VERY intelligently designed. Three large closets, a bathroom that wasn't cramped and under-bed storage allowed the room to remain clutter free for the duration of the trip. One other very minor negative is that the LCD TV is mounted at about five feet high and has no tilt. While laying down and watching TV, shows that had very dark tones were difficult to watch as the pictures were heavily shadowed.

Formal Dining: Could not have been more satisfied with the quality of service by our head waiter, Mohammed. Simply the best. As far as food quality, the food in the dining room was mostly good in my opinion. My wife, who is usually much more pickier than I am, found it better. The flat-iron steak was good when ordered as Rare or Medium Rare, but when ordered Medium it came out very well done. The melting chocolate cake dessert was phenomenal and we enjoyed it every night. There are two dining rooms - one seemed to be recently remodeled and the other could use some updating. Going into the cruise, I was most concerned about the quality of the food, coming out, it was much better than I expected. That being said, breakfast was pretty good, but the scrambled eggs were very runny....

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Balcony

Cabin 8B

Room: Our room was ready immediately, which was a plus. This balcony room was equipped with a pullman bed that was located directly over where your head would sleep in the queen sized bed. As a light sleeper, who tosses and turns frequently, I banged my head several times throughout the cruise while I was sleeping. NCL's pull out couches seemed like a much better design for a third person option. That being said, the rest of the room was VERY intelligently designed. Three large closets, a bathroom that wasn't cramped and under-bed storage allowed the room to remain clutter free for the duration of the trip. One other very minor negative is that the LCD TV is mounted at about five feet high and has no tilt. While laying down and watching TV, shows that had very dark tones were difficult to watch as the pictures were heavily shadowed.

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