Carnival Victory Review
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We just got back from another great cruise. We arrived in Miami on Saturday April 23 and stayed at the Hyatt Regency Miami. Nice room and a good price from Priceline.com. We went to Bayside Marketplace in the evening and ate at Bubba Gumps. The kids rode the carousel and the grown ups had a few drinks. We went back to the hotel and called it an early night for our Victory cruise in the morning.
We arrived at the port about 11:30 am. There was no line for check in but the line to receive sail and sigh and then to board the ship was about 30-40 minutes. we were onboard the ship by 12:15. I was very impressed by the decor of the ship. I had heard some people complain about all the green, but I found it relaxing and enjoyable to look at. The ship was very clean and well maintained. Some of the public bathrooms at the aft of the ship had a sewage smell but the facilities themselves were always clean. There was always soap in the dispensers and toilet paper was never out. And believe me I have a 4 year old girl who felt the need to see every bathroom on the ship. Our room was a balcony cabin on the panorama deck (10). Our room steward kept everything neat and tidy for all 7 days and fresh ice in our bucket twice a day.
My husband even saw the assistant steward scrubbing the shower with a small brush. My brother in law's safe did not open and he called 3 times to have someone open it and no one ever came. He had to use ours. Towel animals are always a kick for the kids. There was a shortage of beach towels and pool towels as the days went on. One day we received 3 instead of 4 and they were still damp from the laundry. At the pool area they started handing out bath towels when the pool towels ran out. Not a complaint just an observation. Pools were refilled each day and the slide kept the older kids happy for hours. Camp Carnival was fantastic. Our kids went for a few hours in the morning on sea days and the in the evening after dinner until we picked them up. They fell asleep each night except the night of the midnight buffet they just had to see it. ( not that they ate anything).