Carnival Elation Review

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Family Thanksgiving Cruise

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Elation
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carlscruisingin16
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2019
Cabin: Interior
Traveled with children
Sail Away Party
Sail Away Party
Atrium Entertainment

We drove down from the Atlanta area on Saturday, November 23 and checked into the Country Inn and Suites. We reserved the Cruise Park and Stay package, which I highly recommend if you drive in. We wanted a little down time before we sailed away on Monday for our Thanksgiving cruise. We played Putt-Putt, shopped, went to the beach, etc. Great hotel, great staff. I recommend going to Preacher Bar if you get the chance. It's a brief walk from the hotel. We reserved the Cruise Park and Stay package, which I highly recommend if you drive in.

We chose this particular cruise for the ports, the convenience of Port Canaveral, and, since we were bringing our adult children and grandchild - the price couldn't be beat! Plus, I didn't have to cook on Thanksgiving :) We are Platinum members with Carnival, having sailed with them on over 20 cruises, but this was our first sailing on a Fantasy Class ship. I will say, though it was smaller than most of the ships we've been on, we never felt cramped or too crowded, nor did we feel the movement/rocking that others have mentioned. We had perfect weather and perfect seas for the entire cruise.

Port Canaveral has embarkation down to a science. We've never boarded a ship in 15 minutes - EVER!

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Interior

Spacious and well maintained.

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