This was our 11th cruise, 5th on Carnival.

Our cruise vacation on board the Victory began with a Saturday night stay at the Biscayne Bayside Marriott in Miami. We've stayed there before and had a great bay view room over looking the cruise ships in port. It has a great pool and hot tub and is only a $5 taxi ride to Bayside for shopping and dinner. The hotel also provides 2 welcome cocktails and 2 breakfasts or room service free, if you buy the pre cruise package.

Much of this review will be compared with RCCI's Explorer of the Seas and Princess' Grand Princess. These are the mega ships of the other two cruise lines that we've sailed recently, so we are definitely comparing apples to apples. Read more