Carnival Victory Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Victory
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pshortie265
6-10 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Feb 2017
Cabin: Interior

Embarkation: As the Victory’s cabins are getting a facelift, we (my mom and myself-I’m 29, you can do some approximate math on Mom) received the expected but disappointing email a few days in advance notifying us that our check in time was delayed two hours. Having not sailed in almost 3 years, staggered check in was already an unpleasant surprise. We arrived to the port between 2 and 2:30 as instructed. The security line was about 10 minutes long, but the check in line was less than 5 minutes, and we were seated only about 20 minutes before we were called to board. THAT was a pleasant surprise! The other nice thing about this was that our room was already ready when we boarded and were able to drop our carry on items before lunch and exploring the ship from bow to stern.

Many changes since the last time I sailed. Staggered check in was one.

-No chocolates at turn down, which I was warned about too.

Cabin Review

Interior

Cabin 4B

Our room was on deck 1, so had been renovated. The USB ports are nice. We never even had to use the power strip I brought. Flat screen TV is sleeker and takes up less room. The safe did not work so we just went without. The room was fine for Mom and I space wise, but having sailed before with 3 of my girlfriends and I sharing a room, I’m baffled at some of the “upgrades” as they have taken away precious shelf and storage space from the room. The three closets were as follows: the one near the door had the safe on one shelf, the life jackets on the floor, and a very tall shelf over 5’ high that was not practical for us to use. The middle one only had a rod with 5-6 hangars. Except for the lack of hangars, it would be more than enough space for dresses for 4 women, unless they were there for a wedding or something. The last closet had the mini fridge on the floor, one useable shelf on top of that where I kept my clothes. There were three pull out drawers, one of which was partially taken by the hair dryer. There were two small shelves below the vanity and store space in the little bedside tables. Our cabin did not have the pull out upper bunks so maybe cabins with the upper bunks are situated differently. The two beds were separated per our request when we arrived. We did rearrange the little bedside tables so that my bed was against the wall and we had more space in the middle. It was quite narrow (I had to turn to my side) at one spot between the bed and the vanity.

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Key West

This was my first time in Key West and I enjoyed it! Wonderful port for cruising, safe, lots of options, easy to walk around. Mom and I walked to the southernmost point in the continental US for the obligatory photo op. We took Duval street to get there and I loved the “Main Street USA” feel of it. Many, many shops along the way. We took some back roads along some housing developments from there to get to Fort Taylor. $2.50 admission, well worth it. Scenic views, interesting history. There are also walking paths and a beach that we unfortunately did not have an opportunity to enjoy. It is easy to get to from the pier and they are constructing a new entrance which should make it even easier. Get a map though- the one they hand you off the ship is not sufficient.

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