Our cruise was actually a disappointment after many months of anticipation. We are Platinum - this was my l3th Carnival cruise and my husband's l2th.

We drove down the day before our Oct. l5th cruise and stayed at a local hotel in Cocoa Beach. There was nothing special about it - good or bad. I booked thru Kayak website and used Easy Click Travel.

I had pre-booked a reservation @ Park-N-Cruise for the parking. I was a little disappointed with this. I thought we just dropped off our luggage and got on a shuttle bus as pictured. NO. We had to stand in a long line wrapped around inside the warehouse like building carrying our 8 pieces of luggage for the 3 of us. Yes LOL I know we over pack. So my l5 yr. old daughter and I are moving the luggage thru the line as my husband parked the car. I think line was about 45 min. long. It was not organized and I saw people skip the line and walk up from another direction - get on before us. I thought I was to be riding in a shuttle bus as pictured on their website. NO - they called in vans - taxi type vans we were loaded into. Harder to step into without steps/seats very close together w/no knee room and the windows were down blowing our hair. I do understand there was 3 ships in port that day leaving - Norwegian Sun, Disney's and the Dream but they should have anticipated that better. Read more