We just got back from a seven day Western Caribbean cruise on Carnival Conquest and we had a blast. My wife and I have cruised three times before, but this was the first cruise for our kids (8 year old daughter and 6 year old son). This was our first cruise on Carnival and honestly we were a little concerned it was going to be a little low brow, but we absolutely loved it! The ship was fantastic--by far our favorite ship. It was a lot of fun. The staff, for the most part, were great. Chris, the cruise director, was hilarious. The kids club was fantastic! The kids absolutely loved it. We were afraid they wouldn't want to go but they had a great time playing with the other kids and the Camp Carnival staff was very well organized and made sure the kids were always entertained and had lots of things to do.

We had adjoining ocean view rooms on deck one (1356 & 1358). That was great because the kids had their room and we had ours. It also gave us a lot of extra room for storage. It felt like we had a two bedroom suite. We had never been on the first deck and we weren't sure what to expect, but the we really liked being close to the water. The rooms were very quiet. We never heard any noise outside or coming from other floors. Being in the middle of the ship was nice too because there wasn't much movement.

Embarkation was pretty smooth. It actually went a little faster than we expected. It probably took about two hours from the time we parked until we were on the ship. Read more