Carnival Triumph Review
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My wife and I brought our four boys (23, 20, 19 and 12) on the Triumph for our second cruise as a family. We previously sailed on the Carnival Ecstasy out of Port Canaveral, Florida two years ago. I was a bit hesitant about the Triumph, given it's history and the reviews I have read here mentioning lingering odors. My wife has what seems to be a bionic nose as she can smell things the rest of us can't, but I am pleased to report that she didn't smell anything foul on the Triumph and overall we thoroughly enjoyed our cruise!
EMBARKATION - Galveston was 100% better than our previous experiences at Port Canaveral. I had wanted to book Faster to the Fun after reading posts here, but found it to be sold out. No matter though as we were eating Guy's Burgers within 30 minutes of arriving in Galveston, so that's $100 saved! I parked in a private lot directly across the street from the ship. I had reserved a spot through Galveston Park N Cruise online for $37. When we arrived, we simply walked across the street directly into the terminal. It couldn't have been any easier. We dropped off our luggage and got through security without any problems at all.
ROOMS - We had two picture window rooms on the 2nd level. They were ready for us when we arrived and our room steward Boubon was there to introduce himself when we returned from lunch. I read several reviews with complaints about the stewards, but Boubon couldn't have been any better. We saw him every day and he was always willing to assist. He let me in the boys room several times as he saw me knocking on their door to wake them for breakfast. The only complaint I have about the rooms was that unlike the Ecstasy, there was no map channel or Cruise Director Fun Times show on TV. There were channels set up for them, but it was never on. The only way to see where we were was on a map they have set up on level 5 by the casino and it's just a pre-set sequence of lights indicating our route with a blinking light indicating where we were. That may be trivial to many people, but I enjoy watching the channel showing our location, speed, sea depth etc. that was offered on the Ecstasy.
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We had two picture window rooms on the 2nd level. They were ready for us when we arrived and our room steward Boubon was there to introduce himself when we returned from lunch after boarding. I read several reviews with complaints about the stewards, but Boubon couldn't have been any better. We saw him every day and he was always willing to assist. He let me in the boys room several times as he saw me knocking on their door to wake them for breakfast. The rooms were clean and we had more than enough space. The rooms are what I expect on a cruise ship, nothing more and nothing less. The only complaint I have about the rooms was that unlike the Ecstasy, there was no map channel or Cruise Director Fun Times show on TV. There were channels set up for them, but it was never on. That may be trivial to many people, but I enjoyed watching the channel showing our location, speed, sea depth etc. that was offered on the Ecstasy.