Carnival Fantasy Review
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Just got back, Fantasy Oct 27th, 2002, a 4 day sailing to the Bahamas. Wow. Had an excellent vacation once again, and unfortunately it was too short to my liking - but hey, a short cruise is better than none! :)
I called in to Carnival on Friday night before the Sunday sailing, and found out the price had gone down... way down. Through a 3-way call with my travel agent, I asked for a shipboard credit, but the Carnival rep told me that anyone that could give a credit. Went home by 5:30 pm EST, and no one could do it over the weekend, as it was too close to sailing. :( Wish I had known that before! So they offered me an upgrade from a 4A guarantee (inside), to a specific cabin at level 6D (ocean view!), or a 6C (ocean view) guarantee. I asked for the 6C guarantee just in case we might get even more of an upgrade. ;)
We had met our friend Mitch online through this same board at Cruise Critic, and picked him up at the airport on Sunday morning. We had some time to kill, so we drove down and looked at the ship, then ate some breakfast while we got to know each other. When we went back to check in, the porters didn't know what cabin my friend Susan and I had - it was still on the manifest as a guaranteed cabin. It was a bit inconvenient to have to go through the security check, go upstairs and find out the cabin, then go back outside to put the tags on the luggage... but it was worth it to write "V3" on the tags!!! Wow, an upgrade to a Veranda suite was really unexpected and totally awesome. This was my third cruise, and my birthday celebration, so it was a very nice treat from the 'upgrade gods.' :D Susan was shocked to have an ocean view suite with a balcony for her first cruise, and says she'll be spoiled from now on. Since we were platonic friends, it was a bit disconcerting at first to realize there was only one bed that we would have to share, but it was plenty big enough for the both of us without being uncomfortable. Our other choice would have been to downgrade, but we thought we'd rather have the balcony and share a bed. Sure, it was great, but as far as I'm concerned, I'd still take an inside cabin rather than none at all. ;) Still, it was very nice watching the sunsets and the stars in my nightgown.