Carnival Ecstasy Review
Carnival Ecstasy 1/12-16: Little Girl With A Curl, Part Two
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I've never trusted January, so I booked this quick getaway over the King holiday to escape the cold mid-Atlantic...except of course that the mid-Atlantic has been anything but cold this winter, but never mind, who could have guessed? This was my 12th cruise, and as on a few of my previous trips, I enjoyed traveling by myself.
I sailed Carnival Ecstasy on her first cruise out of Port Canaveral in November of last year, and while it was fun, it wasn't all roses - you can read my review below on this board, where I compared the trip to the nursery rhyme about the little girl with a curl: "when she was good, she was very very good, but when she was bad, she was horrid." I was also still recovering from an illness then, so I wasn't exactly at my best. I decided to give Ecstasy another try.
As usual, I flew in the day before embarkation, to Orlando this time and stayed at the Days Inn on South Orange Blossom Trail. My room was not large but was clean and well-equipped with fridge, microwave, iron & board, and a coffee maker with enough coffee to make 2 pots each of decaf or high-test - very nice! I recommend this place.
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Porthole
Very spacious for a solo traveler. Very comfortable bed. Sparsely furnished - chair and stool but no sofa. Plenty of closet and storage space. Clean, and kept that way by the stewards. Carnival still supplies bathrobes, and they're nice and plush. Beach towels were replaced every day - if you're traveling by yourself, you still get 2 of these in the cabin. Bathroom is small but efficient with good water pressure and a really REALLY blue rubberized floor. The combination of the portholes and the shape of the ship made a really neat window box to sit in and read. You can also close the porthole covers if you want.