My fiance and I set sail on our anniversary cruise aboard the Carnival Victory on April 23rd on a seven day Western Caribbean vacation. We had met on a Norwegian cruise three years ago, so we thought it fitting to celebrate our anniversary on the high seas! We were originally scheduled aboard the Star Princess, but due to the tragic fire, we were booked into the last available room on the Victory with the same sailing dates as our flights.

I'll try and break this down into parts to keep it shorter and hit on what we enjoyed and what we thought could be improved.

a) Transfer: The transfer service from FLL airport to Miami's port was a complete joke. Just total utter confusion at the baggage terminal. Unfortunately we lost our cruise tickets/transfer in the cab that morning, but Carnival was able to effortlessly look us up and provide us with a new voucher for the transfer. We enjoyed knowing that although we arrived on a later flight, we would still get to the ship on time with a Carnival transfer. After boarding the bus, we were dismayed that there was no air conditioning. To top it off, the bus was carrying people for both the Valor and the Victory, and drove to a Royal Caribbean port where the driver began dumping off our luggage. When we got that straightened out, and at the right pier, again, I was a bit miffed we could not carry on our own luggage, as we had on the plane. Read more