Carnival Sensation Review

Carnival Sensation - Bahamas

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sensation
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Tconn
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Aug 2006

Overall, we had a very nice time aboard the Sensation. We arrived at about 3pm at the port and had a very smooth embarkation. I traveled with my boyfriend and another couple. All of us are in our mid twenties. Once aboard the boat, we were able to go directly to our rooms. Our luggage arrived minutes later to our door. We stayed in Cabin E-67/E-65 on the Empress Deck. The room was a decent size, a very comfortable king bed, large window and TV. There was more than enough space to fit all of our clothes and we fit the suitcases behind the bed. The rooms were also in a great location! If you can get someplace near these rooms, I strongly recommend it. We were centrally located and just a few steps to just about everything on the cruise.

Food- The Food was OK. I wouldnt come back and rave about it. The portions are pretty small. You can however, order more than one thing off of the menu. I recommend ordering appetizer, salad, dinner and desert. One night I ordered two dinners (I wasnt sure if I would like the filet) and they gave me no problems about that. We went to the sit down breakfast on our second day and I dont recommend this. They serve the exact same food as the buffet on the Lido Deck and with the buffet you can pick and choose exactly what you want. We went to the Pizzeria a few nights. Tasted better after a few drinks. The Lido Deck almost always has food going. They have salad and fruit bars as well as a sandwich station.

Nassau- Nassau is not that nice. When you get off the boat, you are immediately herded into a building and there are many natives trying to sell you something. I found it uncomfortable since I dont like pushy people. A few of them even followed us and kept shouting. We decided to take a water taxi over to Paradise Island and check out the Atlantis. BEWARE of the water taxis!! They are very very old boats and ours broke down on the way over to the island! We just drifted for about five minutes until a small fisherman boat came and towed us. A fifteen minute trip turned into almost an hour! However, once there, we thoroughly enjoyed the Atlantis. They told us that we couldnt use their pools/beach. However, we did. There wasnt anyone checking to see if you were an actual guest. The beach was beautiful and the pools were great. We also used the lazy river. They have tons of aquariums and different areas with marine life to check out. I strongly recommend visiting! We spent for about five hours and then decided to head back to the boat. The night we were in Nassau, we went out to Senior Frogs. Its in walking distance to the ship and we had a great time. It was packed with younger people and we all danced. The drinks are somewhat expensive. $15.00 for the yard drinks that they serve. They make them pretty strong though. I think we each had two.

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