Carnival Ecstasy Review
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We decided to try Carnival again after our first cruise a few years back. The first one was out of Tampa and we were going to be visiting Grand Cayman and Cozumel. This was our first cruise and as you can imagine we were initially amazed by the entire experience.
However, once the cruise was underway we were less thrilled as the ship felt very crowded (cannot recall which ship it was but it was the same class as the Ecstasy). It seemed like the ship shrank on us as we were always standing in a line or waiting on a chair to open up. The atmosphere was very spring-break like with the middle-aged taking the place of the college kids and it felt like there was always a fog of smoke emanating out of the casino.
Following this cruise we decided to try Carnival again mostly because of the low price for the 5 day and this cruise was offering 3 ports of call to places we'd never been.
Cabin Review
We stayed in Cabin E35 which is on the starboard (right) side at the front of the ship. We had no trouble at all with the motion of the ship or noise (aside from the people in the cabin next to us). This was an unobstructed OV cabin, with the larger square window rather than a porthole.
The AC in this room worked really well, almost too well. You practically had to turn the air flow completely off to keep from freezing. The room is also situated just down the hall from the laundry, which is convenient. The size of the room is pretty good, doesn't feel cramped and has a pullman bed to allow for 3 guests in this cabin. The mattresses where pretty hard, made it rough sleeping at night. The rooms were also supposed to each have a hair dryer, but this one didn't. Fortunately my wife brought hers along. The bathrooms are fairly large for a cruise ship, especially the shower which is nice. The room only had a single 110 outlet so be sure to bring an extension cord if you need to power more than one electrical device!