Carnival Liberty Review

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Fantastic Week on the Liberty

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Liberty
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growinassets
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2008
Cabin: Interior

There were four of us in two cabins and we really enjoyed our cruise on the Liberty. Embarkation--We must have hit this right because our hotel shuttle dropped us off and we were on the ship within 20 minutes. Once on board, we headed right for the lido deck and an enjoyable lunch in Emile's. Then we looked over the deck plans and charted our courses around the ship. That's half the battle, if you can find your way around early on your cruise you'll enjoy things a lot better. The Liberty has a few challenges when going from Bow to Stern because of the Golden Olympian dining room and galley in the center of the ship on decks 3 & 4.

Cabin--Our cabin was available when we finished our lunch and quick orientation tour of the ship. Our luggage was at the cabin waiting on us. This was a great surprise as we are used to waiting until dinner for the bags to arrive. Our cabin stewardess, Mariya was exceptionally good, our room was always just right. She made it a point to welcome us at our first visit and asked for anything specific that we would like during our cruise. Dean's a ice freak and told her to keep him iced up and things would be fine, so she showed up with a second bucket and said they would be filled twice daily. The cabins on the Liberty are well designed with plenty of storage space. We had room to spare on this 8 night cruise. Of course, the luggage stored out of site under the beds and everything was put away leaving open space and counter tops. Ports--This was our sixth cruise to the Eastern/Southern Caribbean and we love the itinerary on this cruise. Some of the smaller islands are great too, but the only way we could improve the cruise would have been to sail from San Juan and that could start the trip off on the wrong note. San Juan--Arriving in the evening, you are not here long enough to do anything worthwhile. We arrived at 6:15 pm and left at midnight. We got a few great pictures of the old Fort on the cruise into port and then went to early seating for dinner. Staying on the ship was the best part of San Juan given the time we had.

St. Thomas--We booked the 'Champagne Catamaran Snorkel to St. John' through the cruise lines. We could have booked a smaller boat to do the same thing, but figured by the time we pay for transfers to Red Hook and then catch a boat over to St. John for snorkeling, we'd just pay the $10 extra per person and drink extra rum punch. While most people shop in St. Thomas, we prefer to go the opposite direction from town, so we were on the reef snorkeling.

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