Carnival Triumph Review
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We arrived late Friday night (2/16/07) and stayed at the Airport Holiday Inn, although we called that morning to request 2 double beds as they suggested, we were given 1 King and they had no other rooms available. The four of us got cozy in the king. The next morning although they told us the free shuttles were full until 1pm the previous night, upon asking for information to get a taxi, the sweet lady behind the counter got us on the 10am free shuttle. We arrived at the port at about 10:30 and on the ship by 11:30 as part of the first passengers on board after a school field trip full of kids boarded. I have to honestly say, as much as I tried to talk myself into being excited about the Triumph, (of course I was excited about the trip, just not so much about the boat or the line) I was not fully able to convince myself that Carnival might be as good as RCCL. Well, I am happy to say that the Triumph and Carnival Cruise Line exceeded my expectations in all areas except 1.
We had room 9273, which was the first balcony room we ever had. We will NEVER go back to just a ocean view, we are definitely hooked. The room was big enough for the four of us. Although, I would not want another room directly across from the elevators again because of the rowdys late at night after a few cocktails. The room was kept cleaned twice a day as expected, although we never met our steward so I can not name him/her. We left a note once and an ashtray magically appeared for our balcony that night after dinner.
We dined each night (5:45)in the Paris Upper Dining Room, our booth for four was one table away from the back of the ship so we were able to watch the sun set each night towards the mid to end of our trip. Our wait staff was attentive and fast. Each night there was entertainment by some of the wait staff, our guys (Sherwin and Sergiu) did not participate which was okay with us as there was never a 2 hour dinner, we just left the table and watched from the balcony. The latest we got out was one night at 7:10, which was perfect as our kids wanted to do the Camp Carnival activities as soon as they could.