CARNIVAL LIBERTY REVIEW  MARCH 12  18, 2006

This is my fifth cruise, all of them on Carnival. I took my daughter for her 21st birthday  this was her first cruise. I was excited to be on the newest Carnival ship, and also a bit nervous about cruising with over 3,000 passengers. It was loaded with spring breakers, so that added a component to the population that was pleasant at times, not so pleasant at other times.

Embarkation : One can literally see the cruise ships from the Ft. Lauderdale airport, and the ride to the Port Everglades pier takes about 10 minutes. We opted to take a taxi rather than the Carnival shuttle. We paid 8 dollars pp one way and the people riding the shuttle paid 40 dollars pp round trip.. and.. they had to wait until there were enough people to fill the shuttle in order to leave the airport. We arrived at the pier at about 2:30 pm, and were in the Lido dining area before 4:00. It was relatively painless, even with the throngs of people. Read more