Carnival Elation Review

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Carnival Elation - fun but not as impressed as usual

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bannekk
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Sep 2010
Cabin: Interior
Traveled with children

My family and I left on a cruise out of Mobile on September 20th. We are from Baton Rouge and decided to try staying at a hotel that had the park and cruise option. We were not disappointed with this decision. We stayed at the Microtel in Saraland. For $123 we got a very nice room with two double beds, continental breakfast, parking for the week and free shuttle to and from the cruise. It made life so much easier. They were able to give us two adjoining rooms - my parents and my 3 year old in one and my husband and I and our 16 month old in another.

When I woke up on the morning of the cruise, I felt horrible - bad cold, congestion, etc...I decided to go to a walk in clinic because I was afraid I would get worse while on the cruise ship. I looked in the phone book and just chose one at random....it was a really great place. I explained the urgency (i.e. I have a cruise to catch) and I didn't even sit down in the waiting room. They found me a pharmacy that was open to get my antibiotics, gave me a shot of steroids, and had me ready to go in less than an hour. I hope that no one else feels sick before their cruise but it is worth keeping the name/number on hand in case of emergencies - http://www.medcare-al.com/index.html.

Because the hotel shuttle took us to port, we had no problems getting on the boat. The whole process took a little less than an hour.

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Interior

Cabin 4A
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