My boyfriend and I just spent our Labor Day weekend on a 4-night cruise from NYC to Saint John aboard the Carnival Triumph. The following is a review of our trip...

ROOMS We had booked an interior room, and, despite our fears prior to seeing it, we were pleasantly surprised at how spacious it was. We had a queen bed (in actuality, two singles pushed together), which had a thin down comforter and 4 pillows, and was very comfortable, a decent-sized bathroom, and TV, which included 3 movie channels that played the same 3 new movies each day. Although it was strange to wake up the next morning in complete darkness, we adjusted quickly. I highly recommend bringing a clock, though (and setting to EST), since there are none in the room.

FOOD Food was certainly all about quantity, not quality! Most of the food was terrible. I enjoyed the omelettes for breakfast, and sandwiches at the NY Deli, but how can you really mess up breakfast and sandwiches? I thought any sort of fish they served was inedible. Since it was all pre-frozen, it was always extremely fishy and stale. They did a decent job cooking meats, particularly steaks, however. They offer 24-hr pizza, burger and ice cream as well as 24-hr room service, which is pretty cool. Room service was fast, and my portobello and mozzerella sandwich was tasty. Read more