Carnival Valor Review

awesome first time cruise on carnival valor

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor
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routermann
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Mar 2009
Traveled with children

was not sure what to expect being a first time cruiser. when i called to find a cruise they were very helpful in finding me a cruise that gave me the best rate they had for military personal/prior military personal. getting a room rate of 1100.00 for a cat 11 suite was absolutely great. having this room at the rate of regular rooms also gave me the vip pass to board in miami which i have to say "thank god".. the line to board in miami was unreal. would have been nice to have 2 walkways to board but as i stated vip put us through rather quickly. upon arrival to the 9th floor since we were told the room would not be ready until 1:30, we were surprised to find the amount of food and quality of food rather nice. was not happy with the fact we had to buy soda or drink juice. cost of the soda for adults was rather high, not being a drinker of alcohol i almost decided to switch when i found out the cost of a soda card was 56.00 for an adult and 28.00 for the kids. having the 6:00 pm dinner was nice until we had a 7:00 debarking from a port of call. if i had my choice i would pick the 8:15 from now on as to not cut into the time spent at the port of calls. food was simply amazing... i cannot describe how wonderful the staff and food was each and every night. kids had a wonderful time with tons of things for them to do with the arcade, laser tag, swimming, basketball, miniature golf to name some. rooms were immaculate and always kept up by the staff, staff was calling me by name the first night which was nice. i would suggest anyone wanting to take a cruise either for family or for couples, this is a wonderful choice with wonderful ports of call. enjoyed it so much i cant wait to cruise again. link below for pics of our trip.

http://picasaweb.google.com/routermann/CarnivalValorCruise31509#

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Cabin 11

cat 11 room 7264 easy access to the elevators, very quiet inside, nice balcony, balcony furniture could use a little bit of work. spent 5 days waiting for them to get the dried salt off the balcony, wonderful bathroom and dressing room. lots of closet space, nice sofa bed and nice king bed, t.v. would be nice to have a flat screen, and the travel tracker could be better then what they have

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