My wife and I took the 4 night cruise on the Carnival Fascination Mar8 -- 12. This was the first on the Fascination but our 6th cruise with the first being the Big Red Boat.

We arrived at the terminal at 11:00am the day of the cruise and were dropped off by my daughter as we live 35 minutes from the port. Some how during the security scanning my wife forgot to pick up the Ipad2 and after we got on board and had lunch at the Buffet on Lido deck, I asked the wife for it, no where to be found. I went back down to the security scanning area and to lost and found...no luck. I went back to the Guest Services counter and again no luck... the lady at the counter started to fill out the form for lost items.... And one of the crew carried the Ipad up to the desk. It had been left at the Pool Bar...no that is not were we had been... someone picked it up but left it at the bar... any way got it back, the service at the desk was very fast and professional when the lady was helping.

Our Balcony Cabin M261 (deck 5) was ready before 1. The cabin was nice with a king size bed, plenty of closet space, limited drawers. The bathroom is very plan as on most ships. The balcony rooms are limited and worth the extra cost. There is room for 3 people in the room, but only 2 chairs on the balcony.... NOTE: Be careful getting in bed if you have the dropdown bunk over the King bed...you will hit your head. We slept most nights with the door to the balcony open for fresh air. The door and window make the room feel open and bright. Read more