Carnival Conquest Review
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This was our seventh cruise and only my second Carnival cruise ( my first was in 1982) I did not expect much from Carnival because I always have been told that the food isn't as good as the other lines and there are too many kids and its the "party boat". But our friends live near Galveston and it was a chance to visit them and to catch a cruise as well. Well, surprise of surprises; the food was good in all the dining areas and in the buffet as well. My only complaint was that all the steaks that we were served on the cruise (Porter House, fillet mignon and sirloin)were tough, even in the $30 extra speciality restaurant and the hard ice creams served in the dining room were bland tasting like cheap ice cream (not like the delicious ship-made ice creams we were served on the Princess Line). Another surprise, the 3000 passenger ship was so large that we were not bothered by screaming kids who stayed at the forward pools while we were at the rear pool.(and this was Spring recess).
Well lets start off.We arrived in Galveston and stayed at the Hilton Houston Hobby Airport Hotel because it had a pool. It was a nice hotel but the weather was overcast and too cool to enjoy the pool.We arrived at the ship terminal at about 3pm on 3/25/07 and there was still a huge line. It took us about an hour to get on board. The ship was beautiful and I enjoyed the abundance of art work scattered about the ship (the art work was much more impressive than on the brand new Crown Princess that we sailed on last year)
The ship was clean except for the stained carpets in the hallways. We had a balcony room and no complaints about our room, bed or room attendant. I am 65 and unlike other Cruises we go on, it appeared that I was the oldest person on this ship. Most of the passengers were young families, in their 30's and 40's with pre-teen and teenage children and this was their spring recess. (I didn't know that spring recess extended three weeks before Easter. When I booked the cruise,I had thought recess was just one week before). As soon as we got on the ship I stepped in a spilled ice cream cone in the elevator and at "muster" a child threw-up on the deck. I thought this was going to be our worst cruise yet. But I was wrong, from there on every thing was almost perfect for us.