Carnival Liberty Review
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We selected this cruise last minute as a birthday celebration and booked it only a few weeks before departure. We booked a Grand Suite and we really enjoyed all the extra space in the cabin. However, there are really no perks to getting a suite on this ship other than a few free bottles of water and priority check in. Embarkation is a breeze with priority check in. We went through security and right onto the ship. Our keys were waiting for us in the cabin. When did turn down service start on the 2nd night of the cruise?
One of the biggest problems on this ship is muster drill. They are still lining you up outside in the rain by the lifeboats for 40 minutes. Being unable to manage stairs, we went down early to avoid the mandatory stair trip. So that added even more time to the lengthy stand against the wall with people 6 deep. People that would not shut up long enough to listen to the drill and leaders that did absolutely nothing to control these people. This experience had anxiety attack written all over it.
Next we have the unending PA announcements at all hours of the day and night. This is absolutely ridiculous when you are trying to sleep and you have to hear about some activity that you "must" attend every 20 minutes. Or, the employee drills, is there a reason I need to hear this alarm in my room when I'm trying to sleep?
Cabin Review
Grand Suite
While the cabin is large, the decorations and furniture needs an update. The bed is comfortable but the vinyl stiff sofa is useless unless you like sitting on a brick. The TV remote rarely worked and the DVD player couldn't even be plugged in. I broke a bracelet in the dressing room and I had to get on hands/knees to recover all the stones. Being so close to the carpet made me realize just how dirty it was, especially in the corners and back against the wall areas.
The shower/jetted tub was almost impossible to get into having a bad knee. Hanging on for dear life was required. The force of the water in the shower is sad and took extra time to rinse all the soap out of my hair. There is no working electric outlet in the bathroom.
The deck chairs are amazingly comfortable and it was nice to sit on the deck in the evenings and watch the stars go by. However, sitting on the deck with the sun out was impossible with the sun beating on you and no breeze. Nothing that can be done about that and after 26 cruises it was no surprise. But I still tried and lasted all of 10 minutes.
The walls are paper thin as previously mentioned so you hear everything going on in the cabins around you and in the hallway.
For the amount of money we paid for this short weekend cruise in a Grand Suite, the level of detail, service and amenities did not match.