I was somewhat apprehensive (for lack of a better word) about going on this cruise after reading some of the other less than positive reviews of the Carnival Destiny on Cruise Critic, but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Embarkation at Miami was quick and easy. We arrived at the port just after 11AM and were on board by 1215. We were all given letters with information about the problems with the thrusters that the ship had had previously but they passed the testing that was done as soon as we were out of the channel and we were able to make all our scheduled ports.

My cabin was a 4A on the Riviera Deck and it was by far the largest inside cabin I have ever had. The shower was huge and could easily have fit 2 or 3 persons in it! The room was clean and did not appear worn or dated to me. Our cabin steward and assistant had what I thought was an large number of cabins to make up every day so sometimes ours was not completed until mid afternoon, but in reality this did not matter since we were never in the cabin anyway. Read more