My Carnival Dream Review. Where to start hummm ... Well on the trip down to the Port from North Georgia; I was about an hour and half into an 8 hour journey when one of the fine officers from the Georgia State Patrol office decided that I deserved a high speed driving award. She pulled me over to offer me said prize; I pleaded with the wonderful officer and said I was so sorry but it really wasn't my fault because I was just overly excited about going a cruise on The Carnival Dream. She was compassionate let me go with a verbal but stern warning. In my own defense however; I was only going 79 in a 70 zone and was just going with the flow of traffic. I thanked my lucky stars and continued to head south.

I arrived at The Radisson at the Pier as I have probably a dozen times in the past five years. I found that hotel by chance when my Travel agent randomly selected it for me. I made friends there and have been going back every since. Most of the staff has been there over 8 years. It makes you feel at home when they call you by name and say where have you been for so long. Being in the hotel business myself I have a great appreciation for things like that. As much as I love the property and the staff, I have to say I am not a fan of those select number mattress things.I had not sailed from PC in almost a year. One very big change from then to now is the parking. In the past most every hotel offered free cruise parking and shuttle service with you stay there. Now every single one charges you and there are even private lots that have popped up. But still 35.00 for a week wasn't terrible.To anyone that has never sailed from Canaveral you are missing out. Every port should run as quickly. I literally parked my car at 11:00 and was sitting at the grand atrium bar drink in hand waiting for my friends at 11:30. This includes the shuttle ride over and I have not yet reached VIP levels with Carnival.

The ship it self is beautiful. Gone are the ugly neon lights of yester-year and old vegas style color schemes. It truly has the "wow" factor that seems to have disappeared in recent years. I remember my very first cruise with Carnival was January 2000. It was a seven day sailing out of Tampa on the Sensation. My second cruise was Christmas of 2006. I now have 6 sailings on Carnival and 17 on RCCL. I mention this only to demonstrate I believe I am qualified to compare. Read more