Carnival Conquest Review
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We love the relaxation of taking a warm, Caribbean cruise in the winter months. Given our kids are now in college and not cruising with us, we pick a date that kids are in school.
This was our 7th cruise, and fifth with Carnival. We love all cruises, and our trips on Celebrity and Princess were quite nice. We simply don't believe the extra price those brands commands are best for us...we would rather take 2 cruises on Carnival than 1 on Celebrity for the same amount of money!
We had sailed on the Carnival Freedom out of Fort Lauderdale last February, and since that was a (younger) sister ship, we knew what we were getting from the Conquest. We generally like the layout of the ship, and feel the size (about 3,000 passengers) is about the biggest we would like to do...although we'll probably try one of the bigger ships in the future just to see. We did prefer the more serene color scheme of the Conquest; less flashy, more classy than Freedom, but in the end they are both beautiful ships.
Cabin Review
Interior
Always appreciate the size of cabins on Carnival. We take inside cabins because we save lots of money and only go to the cabin to change clothes and sleep, so no window needed for that. Our big "cruise suitcases" fit easily under the bed, and there was actually more drawer and closet space than needed.
This year, we decided to pack half as much and took a roll of quarters and did laundry half way through. Worked great!
We noticed far less noise and rocking on deck 8 this year (vs. deck 1 last year).