Cruise Review for the Carnival Valor Sail Date- 12/10/06-12/17-06 Ports of Call: Grand Cayman, Roatan, Belize and Costa Maya

This cruise was a Cruise Critic group cruise for the Scuba Group. I booked this cruise 1 ½ years ago. Seemed like it would never get here but it did and I had a wonderful time. This is my 5th cruise overall and my 3rd cruise with Carnival. I sailed on the Sensation in 2002 and the Paradise 3/2006. My previous cruises are with Princess (1) and Norwegian (1). I'm a pretty easy going cruiser so not a lot upsets me. My group was 5 people. My regular cruise buddy and her friend in 1 cabin and a friend from work and her husband in another cabin. Of the group of 5, 3 of us are divers. The other 2 are not.

I booked the Red Roof Inn for our hotel stay on Saturday, December 9, 2006. I had seen less than stellar reviews for this hotel but I thought it was a very good hotel and a great price. We had a room with 2 double beds as did my other friends. Their room however had water damage on the ceiling that had not been painted. Cosmetically it looked bad. Otherwise the rooms were very good. Too me, the only thing missing was a hot tub. They have a nice pool. A restaurant next door. But if you talk real nice to the desk clerk and mention dinner, you might get to go to Paseano's It's a hotel in South Beach and you need reservations. Our guy made those reservations and this restaurant provides a limo for transportation for no charge other than tipping. The restaurant was excellent and you can walk around South Beach also. It was excellent. This hotel also has a shuttle from the airport to the hotel and from the hotel to the pier. Made this all easy. Read more