Carnival Liberty May 24, 2008-May 31, 2008

This was our first time on the Liberty, fifth cruise with Carnival and our 17th cruise overall.

Our day started very early because we had booked a 6:10 a.m. flight out of Charlotte getting into Miami around 8:00. When we first booked this cruise the departure time showed 4:00 p.m. Once we made final payment and got our e-docs, we discovered the sail time was 7:00 p.m.! Everyone on our roll call was a bit upset by this, but we made the best of it. The ship was chartered the week before us and as I found out when we boarded, (they started boarding at 11:30) the ship set sail at 7:00 for the charter and the time was never changed back! I wasn't too happy about this since we'd rented a car for the day, ate lunch at Wendy's and took a nap in the car by the beach! All completely unnecessary. Read more