Carnival Liberty Review
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My husband and I, each in our early thirties, just returned from a wonderful cruise abroad the Liberty. We were on the 6 night sailing that departed FLL on 12/17/06. We had a wonderful time and would sail on the Liberty again in a heartbeat. This was our 3rd cruise, and our 2nd with Carnival.
Arrival...we flew in a day early and took a taxi to the Renaissance by Marriott hotel. I had found this hotel on Hotwire for $112 a night. It was very nice and the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. It's also in a great location. The night we stayed, FL had their annual Winterfest boat parade, and we only had to walk out of the hotel and up the street to the causeway bridge to get a great view. We watched that for a while and then walked down the street and had some dinner. Then we walked to Publix to pick up some last minute items. The morning of embarkation, the hotel called a taxi for us and one arrived within a few minutes. We were off to the pier. (Beware...the taxi drivers drive wildly! It felt like we were in the Bahamas!!)
Upon arrival at Port Everglades, the scene was chaotic. We have only sailed out of Port Canaveral (they are much more organized),and PE was nothing like that. We were dropped off with our luggage and a porter came over and took our bags and directed us to the line we needed to stand in. We had arrived around 11:15 and already the line was very long. We stood about 20 minutes and then the line started moving, and things went very fast after that. We felt like we were herded in like cattle, but the staff was efficient and had us checked in in no time so I can't complain too much. My two gripes were that we were handed our Bahamas entrance forms while going through line, and were expected to fill them in as you walked. This was hard to, and the staff were yelling at people to do if fast. My other gripe is that one lady was very rude as she watched people walk though the metal detector. She needed an attitude adjustment, but hey, I was going on a cruise and she wasn't, so I looked over it!