We are a quiet couple in our 60s. We sailed to obtain our Platinum status before the end of the year and purchased the minimum 1000 shares of stock in order to get onboard credit. We bought and sold this stock on other occasions, always with a little profit.
We booked this cruise the Monday the Triumph was being towed to Mobile from Progreso after an engine fire. The bad publicity Carnival suffered does not intimidate us.
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Quiet but needs refurbishing.
We selected an Oceanview Guarantee and were pleasantly surprised to find that we were on the Empress deck, forward. The stateroom was comfortable although it needed a good dusting. I wiped it down and sprayed Lysol everywhere.
I used the laundry room's iron in front of stateroom E2 once. It is fully equipped with vending machines for soap and the washer dryer take quarters only.
Our steward kept our ice chest full of ice. He was happy when we ordered a robe from him since this gave him some favorable points.
He made a towel animal every night and on the second night, left our Platinum gifts, 2 Carnival logoed Tervis mugs and 2 pins on our bed.