Carnival Triumph Out of New Orleans June 2011 - Stops in Key West, Freeport and Nassau, The Bahamans

The Triumph: (Grade C+) Ship is a large class that sails out of New Orleans. Having cruised before I have something to compare it to as I have sailed other ships in the Carnival fleet. Overall the ship itself was clean and in good condition. Embarkation was efficient and the parking was not an issue. We had a balcony room on the 6th floor and we had no problems with our cabin or the service in our cabin. The things that did impress me over the other ships was the Triumph has a comedy club called "The Punchline". This was a great, high quality comedy club on board where comedians that gave G rated shows for the family and R rated shows later in the night for adults. I have to say that this really stood out and was very popular among all the guest. A+ for that!! The reason I gave the ship a mediocre grade was because of the Cruise Director, dining room service and the port debarkations.

Again- not to beat a dead horse but- compared to other cruises, the Cruise Director on the Triumph was somewhat silent and didn't seems to motivate guest like others I had seen. He only gave basic information and seemed to only comment on things that were either revenue generating or basic "need to know" facts. The entertainment on the pool deck Ledo was mediocre at best and the selection of music videos was geared to Justin B and Miley Cyrus fans only. I'm ok with them in the mix but not everyday and them only! He should have recognized this and mixed up things. Still, Tex (as his name was) was not entertaining, inspiring nor a factor on this cruise. Its his job to motivate, entertain and inspire people into having as good of a vacation as possible but he was average in all these areas. He needs to take some pointers from the Conquest Cruise Director. Read more