Carnival Liberty Review
A good, but not great, trip on the Liberty
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Our family just returned from the January 14th Western Caribbean sailing on the Liberty. My wife and I are in our mid-40s, our children are 15, 13 and 12 and we travelled with my in-laws who are in their mid 60s. This was my wife and my 9th trip with Carnival (around 18 cruises overall), but the 1st in two years. Overall we had a very good time for the price, but certainly noticed many changes on Carnival since our last cruise -- most of which were for the worse.
We booked three cabins -- two balconies and an inner across the hall on the Upper Deck. The cabins were in excellent shape and our cabin steward was amazing. We never saw him except for the two times that we needed to see him he magically was right outside our cabin. Absolutely one of the highlights of the trip.
We live about an hour from Miami and got to the port around 11:45am. The check-in process, from the time walking through the door to the time crossing the gangway, was 55 minutes. As many people have written in the past, the decor of the Liberty is one of the nicest in the fleet. The two new bars on the Lido deck, along with the two new eateries were welcome additions and were always busy on the trip.
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Balcony
We stayed in cabin 6211. This is a balcony cabin located in the extreme forward portion of the Upper Deck. I loved this cabin!!!! In addition to having almost no foot traffic outside of the cabin at any time of the day, we were two doors down from the "secret door" leading to the front of the ship. Being just under the bridge, the views from this vantage point (especially entering and leaving port) were amazing.