Carnival Conquest Review

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Carnival Conquest April 29, 2012 with a baby in tow

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cruzinlisa
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

Let me start off by saying- This was not my favorite cruise. Of the three it was my least favorite. But it was not horrible and by no means will it be my last cruise. I bought a future cruise certificate so I definitely plan on cruising carnival again. But not sure if it will be out of NOLA again, unless they make some changes as far as the port goes. I know it was Jazz fest so that made New Orleans busy, but it should not have impacted the port too much.

Pre-Cruise: Stayed at Quality Inn in Gretna. Decent hotel. Nothing spectacular but it was clean and served its purposed. I did like that they had a park and cruise special which included hotel, parking and round trip transport to the port for $129. However, we waited on the return shuttle for over a hour after calling and two of them left full and we were unable to get on. I am not sure what the purpose of calling was, if we could not get on the shuttle. If everyone called then you would think they would have sent a larger vehicle or at least advised that it would be a long wait. If I had known, I would have taken a taxi.

Embark/debark-Worst part of the trip and why I may not go back to NOLA (but we will see maybe time will decrease that part of it). We got to the ship early like 9:15-9:30 and security and check in process was a breeze. If you are traveling with a little one or someone needing special assistance, I recommend it as it can be difficult to go through security, including getting baby out of stroller and back in and collect your belongings with a long line of impatient people behind you. We were assigned zone number 1, yeah. Which means they escort the wedding and VIP people, then special assist, then zone 1. So we got through the check out and waited. And waited. And waited. About 11:30 they start boarding and finally about 12 we were on the ship. I thought that seemed late, but at the end of the cruise, when we went through the debark process, I understood why it took so long.

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Balcony

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