I want to say thank you to Carnival and their awesome hospitality. My wife and I along with our two children traveled by car from near Tampa Florida. This is our second cruise with Carnival with our previous cruise being out of Tampa on the Legend. We arrived at embarkation port at Miami around noon...kudo's to the Port of Miami and Border Security, we were all checked in and on board within 30 minutes of arrival. Let's talk about the ship. The Conquest is a beautiful ship with a French Impressionist theme. We were greeted by friendly staff upon entering on the Lobby Deck(all the great information from excursions to customer service is located here). We took the shiny glass elevator up to the Lido deck on 9. We had a delicious lunch at Restaurant Cezanne which is the cruise buffet. A hidden gem to look out for...check out Fish and Chips for great seafood on the second floor of the buffet. The food at the buffet, Guy's Burger Joint and they had a cool taco/burrito bar were all fresh, hot and good. The food on the ship was great with no bad meals for our party of four, for the entire 7 day cruise. We ate at the Renoir Restaurant and Gusti was a great Head waiter. The food was always interesting and satisfied even my youngest child's picky eating habits. Gusti and his staff were attentive and provided outstanding customer service. We ate breakfast most days in the Monet Restaurant and were happy with the food selection and service. Overall, we were happy with our food.

Our cabin which was 1241 was located on the Rivera deck and was an oceanview cabin. It was spacious enough for two adults and children(fold out bed and bunk bed, we had a king). The room stewards cleaned the room and did a turn down service in the evening. No complaints with the room or staff.

Children activites-my oldest daughter who is 13 participated in Circle C, this is the group from 12-14 year old's. She had fun doing scavenger hunts, watching movies with friends she met, and played video games. There was always an activity to keep her busy if she wanted to spend time away from the family. My 10 year old enjoyed Camp Carnival. She could not keep herself away from all the activities. The highlight was the Glow Stick party until 3am Friday night. The nice thing was that a staff member brought her back to the stateroom so we knew she was safe and secure. Read more