We just got back from a great time on the Carnival Victory sailing 07/24/06. A little background about myself. My wife and I are in our mid-20s and we also brought along our 2 year old son. This was our 2nd cruise and our first on Carnival. Our previous cruise was on the Celebrity Millennium last year. We decided to go out of New York as it was driving distance from where we live now. We decided to drive in the morning of the cruise. The terminal in Manhattan was easy to find and parking was a breeze. I guess because we were carrying our child, they thought that we should go through the VIP screening. Fine with me. All in all-we were probably on the boat in 25 minutes! We were eating by the pool around noon. Everything seemed very organized.

We were very impressed by the ship. It was in very good condition. Crew were constantly cleaning up this and that on different port days. Bear in mind, that my wife and I aren't very picky and never do any complaining about cruising.

We had an inside cabin. Plenty of room for the 3 of us. Our stateroom steward had a trundle bed for my 2 year old, but I told him that he still preferred sleeping in the crib. After dinner, the crib was ready to go. The room had plenty of storage for the suitcases, but I did bring some extra coat hangers to hang extra clothes up. The bathroom had one loose tile and some of the desktop needed new formica, but we felt these were extremely minor details and I wouldn't have noticed had I not been on lookout for these things. Room and steward get an A in my book. Read more