Carnival Sensation Review

An excellent cruise for first time cruisers!

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sensation
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Kawika808
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jan 2012

If you've never cruised before in your life, this is the perfect cruise for you. I was initially worried about the negative reviews of the Carnival Sensation but I beg to differ. I'll divide the review by days. Our cruise was 3 nights with Nassau our single Port of Call.

Embarkation: We were on the ship faster than we could say Sensation. Carnival has been known for it's lightning fast embarkation and this was exactly the case. Being a first time cruiser, we were slightly intimidated by the layout of the ship, but navigation soon became a breeze and we found our stateroom on the Riviera Deck with no problems. Our room was R-34, which was an interior with no window (a curtain is there to visualize but was redundant). This did not bother us as we would not be in our room much. We met our room steward who was just finishing cleaning our room and greeted us. Since we boarded the ship so quickly, we were not surprised that he on the finishing touches of perfecting our room so we went up to have lunch on the Lido Deck where the buffets are at. The food was quite delicious! After lunch, we went back to our room and it was ready to go. Away our luggages went.

Day 1 (Departure from Pt. Canaveral en route to Nassau): We were delayed by 4 hours but unlike an airline, this didn't matter and we still made it to Nassau on time. Departing Port Canaveral late was actually a treat as we cast off shortly after sunset. Our first night was casual dinner (6pm) and the food and service was excellent. After the main course was delivered, the waiters and waitresses did a quick "dance performance" as we continued to dine. I thought that was pretty neat. Our waiter made the effort to get to know us on our first night and he was quite the character. We would even run into him the next day during our lunch on the Lido Deck buffets and he greeted us and proceeded to have a short conversation before he returned to his duties.

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Quiet location, comfortable beds

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