Carnival Liberty Review
Great Week on the Carnival Liberty started with a surprise.
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This cruise started with a super surprise! We got an unexpected upgrade the day before we left. I was walking out of work when my cell phone rang. It was Carnival offering us an upgrade from our inside cabin to a balcony. We had a choice and took the balcony cabin on the aft of the ship with the bigger balcony. This was a happy start to our vacation!
We flew on Southwest from Kansas City to Ft. Lauderdale the next day, arriving at 3:55 p.m. We had booked transportation with South Florida Transportation and they met us and drove us to Miami. We stayed at the Holiday Inn near the pier. The hotel has been remodeled and looked good. Only one elevator was operating for guests and this made for longer waits and crowded elevators with a nine floor hotel. There were three elevators - one for the cleaning carts, one for passengers and the other was out of order. We walked around the Bayside area and ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
We ate breakfast at nearby McDonalds on cruise day and walked to a nearby Osco for some items we somehow forgot. We then took a cab to the pier and got there about 10:45. A porter passed us with a cart when we were walking toward the entrance and took our luggage for us. We basically walked in and security and check-in went quickly. They had three lines, blue, green and yellow. We were in green as gold members, and all the lines had short waits. We were in group 6 and they started calling groups right away to board the ship.
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Aft-View Extended Balcony
Cabin 6458 - We had an aft cabin with a balcony that was large - a great balcony with a unique view. We were over the Victoria Lounge. Most nights there was something going on we could hear. Sometimes we could even hear it in the hallway before we got to our cabin. We were able to get to sleep, anyway, but light sleepers or people who return to their cabin early at night might not want this cabin.