Carnival Fascination Review
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I chose this cruise because of its itinerary. I have been on other Carnival Cruises before and was looking forward to going on a smaller ship as smaller ship = less people.
As soon as we got to the Carnival Cruise area, there were porters there to immediately help us with our luggages. Embarkation went smoothly. We embarked around 4:30pm and it wasn't crowded.
The food, overall, was okay. We have had better on other Carnival cruise ships. Even food in the dining room at dinner was just okay. The desserts offered at dinner, I felt, was nothing to write home about. I preferred the desserts offered in the buffet room.
Cabin Review
Our cabin was a window room. I wish we were forewarned that our cabin came with an extra bunk as we would not have chosen this room. We had to have a crib as well so the structure for that extra bedding got in the way of the crib. The room was not as big as I thought it would be. It was basically the same size as my sister's interior cabin room, except mine had a window.
For the most part, it was pretty quiet, except at night when people walked past the rooms. They were very loud.
Port Reviews
St. Thomas
We had a baby with us so we didn't get out into port until the afternoon. By this time, there wasn't a lot of things to do so we just walked around at the mall. We also decided to take a ride on the Skyride to Paradise Point as something to do. It was a great experience to ride on it, but not worth $20/pp as we didn't get off at the top to go to the restaurants and bars.
Barbados
We decided to explore the port ourselves. We took a $2/pp shuttle into Bridgetown. We walked around town and took pictures. We also took a taxi to Purity Bakery (recommended by a friend who is from Barbados to get some desserts). There are lots of people always offering taxi rides. Check out a couple rates before choosing a taxi. Our taxi guy told us that the guys who work for a company charged more than regular taxi drivers. He was a regular taxi driver and was charging $5US to take us to Purity Bakery which was about 10 minutes away by car. We got a quote from anothermdriver who worked for a large company and he was going to charge us $20US for the same trip. He knocked it down to $10US when he heard what the first guy was offering.
St. Kitts (Port Zante)
We just walked in the town and explored the shops.