Carnival Valor November 27- December 4, 2005

This was my 4th Carnival Cruise. I have also cruised on 3 NCL and 2 Princess. This ship was exactly one year old when we cruised her.

We arrived at the pier at around 11:30am. We made our way to the Valor and waited in the wheelchair area since my mom is disabled. We had to wait there for around 30 minutes. A Carnival rep came and checked us in right there which was a nice surprise. We waited another 15 minutes until a Valor steward came to push my mom to our cabin. Then it took another 15 minutes to get to our cabin. We were in an outside handicapped cabin at the very front of the ship with a partially obstructed view. There was a deck in front of our window so that was the obstructed view. Please note; the handicapped cabins on Carnival are not any larger than regular cabins. I didn't like all the handicapped cabins being at the front of the ship. Our dining room and most of the food is at the back of the ship and it made it difficult for mom. There was no going for a quick ice cream as the Valor is one very long ship. Read more