This was my and my husband's first cruise ever. Although we travel a lot we had never taken the "plunge" to get on a ship for vacation. After many cruising recommendations from some friends we decided to book on Carnival Liberty for a western caribbean cruise visiting Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Ocho Rios.
We Loved Carnival and the Liberty! At first I was worried with all of the people on the boat wondering how the service would be. Rest assured, our service was excellent. After the required safety briefing on the lifeboat deck (which was hot and very crowded) we went on deck to get a cocktail and were served by a waiter immediately. Then we went to check out our stateroom which was almost as big a a hotel room with a beautiful balcony to sit on. We recieved our luggage by our steward within a 1/2 hour which pleasantly surprised us because we expected to wait much longer.
At dinner we chose to pick our own seating time, which I guess is a fairly new option, and we never waited once for a table. On our very first night we were welcomed by Omar our maitre'd.
Cabin was large, clean and nicely appointed. The beds were cozy, I barely hit the matress and I was out. They provide you with shampoo and body wash in the shower and some toiletries like razors, toothpaste, and aspirin on the vanity. Also provided were beach towel to use for your cruise. They were so nice we bought 2 to bring home. Balcony was wonderful and a must. A nice place to unwind after a port or before dinner. I will never cruise without one.
Morning housekeeping was fast and turndown was done without fail every night before we returned from dinner.
Love the towel animals!