Carnival Triumph Review
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Embarkation: Not bad, about 20 minutes thru the VIP line. Just count on about an hour and you won't get impatient. The cruise staff at the port was very nice, we were in the VIP line because we had a suite and after about 90 seconds waiting the passenger in front of us was already giving them a hard time. But they handled everybody well and got us up and onto the boat quickly.
Room: So listen, I am no Suite Snob. We had booked a balcony stateroom as we always do. Then, mysteriously, about two weeks before we were to sail I saw that we had been assigned a new room number. Low and behold, we had been upgraded to a suite. I thought this was odd (and fantastic!) because we did not get an upgrade offer or price increase or anything, just upgraded without asking and free of charge! Anyway, thanks the Carnival, the room was fantastic. The room was about twice the size of a regular balcony room with tons of space and a nice whirlpool tub. The balcony itself was bigger, but not by allot. They had some extra items on the room service menu for the suites The cabin steward was great. Barely every saw him but he kept the place super clean and ice fresh, twice a day.
Ship: She is large but not huge, pretty well laid out. I hear people complain about how you "can't get there from here" because most of the decks don't go completely forward to aft. Listen, if you are going to cruise then get used to it. All ships are like this, until they create a mile long, one deck boat you are just going to have to deal. The pools were small but ok, decent hot tubs. The Waterslide was great. I stood in line with all the kids to go down it over and over. One thing about the design of the slide--the entrance to the slide area overlooks the lido pool and is directly across from the adult(topless) deck on the other side. This was quite evident to me as I waited in line at the top of the waterslide and could plainly make out topless women 50 yards away. Interesting design, the attendant at the top of the waterslide has the best job on the ship. I digress.
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Ocean Suite
The suite was great. Tons of room. It is the only suite we have had on any ship/line so I have nothing to compare it to. Service and room service in the suite were a notch above.