I have sailed with Carnival twice prior to this cruise and both cruises were amazing. I read reviews prior to cruising on the Conquest and rolled my eyes at the negative comments thinking that the naysayers leaving the reviews were just really picky but after my families week on the conquest I can see where those people were coming from.

Embarkment day- the New Orleans port was very easy and took no more than 20 minutes for our family of five to be checked in. We arrived early so im sure that had something to do with it. Overall I was very impressed.

The bad: My parents and brother had a balcony on the 9th floor ( room 9258) as soon as my dad walked in the heat of the room almost knocked him over! There was a leak in one of the pipes making it impossible to cool off the room. Guest services was a nightmare. They brought in a tiny fan and basically told my dad that it wasn't their problem. After two days and lots of complaining they finally sent a mechanic to fix the problem. They ended up giving my father $60 dollars for having to spend 2 days in a hot room. Read more