This is my 9th cruise but my first review. I booked this cruise because Carnival had gotten rid of the Solo Supplement on this cruise and booked it about a month before cruise time. This was a 3 day cruise to Ensenada out of Los Angeles. This is the first time I have sailed out of Los Angeles. The cruise was fun with only a couple of small irritants that did not ruin my cruise.

I took the Carnival Transfer from LAX. That part went smooth. I received a call shortly after my plane arrived as I was walking to the baggage claim letting me know where to go and who to look for. Found her as soon as I hit the baggage claim area. Had maybe a 1/2 hour wait to board the bus. Met one of the comedians that was going to be performing on the ship. Chris Wiles. Great comedian.

The first irritant was when arriving at the cruise terminal. Got off the bus and there was only one porter. He took the bag and directed us to the dome building for checking since the Queen Mary was closed. I head to the dome building. There are a bunch of people waiting outside. I see a I see a lady calling people to enter the building and she says to have your Zone card and S&S cards out. This is the only person I see directing people where to go so I ask her where I am to go to get signed in. She tells me to go to the Queen Mary. I report what the porter told us so she tells us to go stand in a line over there and points in the direction of a lot of people standing in a line. I go there and find out from others that they already have signed in and this is a line for people with there S&S cards already. They tell me to go to the Queen Mary. Me and a few other confused new arrivals head to the Queen Mary. Once we get close to that, we see some other workers and they tell us that the Queen Mary is closed and to head to this other line by the dome building. Sure enough there is a line that is forming in the middle of nowhere, no workers, no signs, nothing. We go there and this is the line to wait in to get called inside to get your S&S card. Read more