1ST Carnival Cruise aboard the Liberty after sailing with Princess for 4 cruises. The cruise was not great but it was a nice relaxing time on board. Embarkation in Miami was about 30 to 45 minutes once we got off the transfer bus. It might have been better to get a transfer from EASY EXPRESS service out of Ft. Lauderdale or Miami, since they can pick you up and take you to the port for the same amount of money as a cruise line sponsored transfer. The rooms are not ready until 1:30ish so after we got onboard and ate we had killed enough time to go to the room. Our luggage showed up about an hour after we got into the room. The room was not spacious but we are only in the room long enough to shower, change clothes, and sleep so a massive room is not what my wife and I need. The bathroom was standard and the shower seemed a little bigger than other ships. TAKE A POWER STRIP because there is only ONE electrical outlet in the room located at the desk. If you have several electronic devices that need charging, the more outlets the better. Luggage fit under the beds so they were out of the way and one of the bags was the dirty clothes hamper.

The ship is not passenger friendly; lots of dead ends with things stuck in out of the way places. You have to go through the cigar bar to get to the internet cafe. The dinner rooms cause the decks to be cut-up. We walked through the Golden dinning room twice to get to where we wanted to go and that was the easiest way to get there.

The refrigerator in the room is locked because it is a mini-bar. We asked our steward to open it and then we were able to use it to keep water and mile for coffee cold. Read more