Let me begin by saying it has been several years since we have chosen Carnival for our cruise vacations. Why? In 2007 I reached out to Carnival for a quote on a sailing for my family of 22 persons out of New York! Never got a reply! We eventually chose a cruise on NCL. A $25,000.00 cruise that Carnival didn't seem to think was worth calling me back about! My experience with NCL has been documented and, let's just say, we will not be aboard any of their ships in the future. That's a different review published here on Cruise Critic 5+ years ago!

Back to the Carnival Conquest.

We left NJ on 12-23-2012 at about 7:45AM and flew to New Orleans where we were met at the airport by a representative who was quite nice and she immediately got the two of us and our luggage to the "Transfer Station" around 11:00AM NOLA time. About a half hour later we were on a bus ride to the New Orleans Cruise Terminal. The driver ( I wish I remembered his name ) was a self appointed tour guide and "football analyst" along the way! A really nice person who made the trip both relaxing and somewhat comical as well. Read more