Kanebaby

Seven of us were on the Carnival Liberty to the Bahamas out of Port Canaveral Feb.5-9. First, i have to say i don't see where all the negative stuff came from about the Liberty. You must be super, super, super picky. The ship was beautiful. The crew was very friendly. The shows were good, Dustin the cruise director was great, Michelle who did most of the trivia and games was alot of fun (i love me some trivia). The comedians were really funny. We saw Rob Little on the last night and ended up going to see him at the Orlando Improv after we got back home. He was amazing and a super nice guy. Most of the food was great. Plenty to eat. I will say the lunch buffet never looked great, but the Deli, Mongolian Wok, Blue Cantina, Pizza Pirate and Guys Burgers never left us hungry and was always good. And some of the people in our group ate alot of Swirls ice cream. ALOT. Oh, and try the BBQ. Amazing. The best mac and cheese i've ever had. Not kidding! I wanted to try the Seafood Shack even tho there was a surcharge but ran out of lunches. We ate breakfast and dinner in the diningroom every night. Our wait staff, Rolan, Rolando and Dragon were amazing and made dinner so much fun. I was celebrating my 50th birthday and they had the dining room sing to me while he fed me cake. It was quite embarrassing but made my night. Honestly, the only complaint i have is about the room steward. I guess to save money they stopped coming to your room twice a day, and thats fine but i never knew when he was going to come. One day he came when i was a breakfast and didn't come the next night when i was at dinner. But surely this did not ruin my cruise. A great time was had by all and i can't wait to sail again!

What do you want to know? ;)

 

PC is an easy port to get in and out of. Parking is directly across the street from the terminal. Parking is $15 a day and you pay for the number of days instead of the number of night of a cruise (so for a 4 night cruise you will pay for 5 days which equals $75.

 

The Liberty is a great ship and has all of the 2.0 upgrades.

 

Check out the roll call for your sailing if you want to chat with others that will be on your cruise.

Port Canaveral website says $20 per night. $80 for a 4-night cruise.

If you read the email, it's because the Valor is, apparently, a speedier ship, better suited to the cruises from Galveston.

Well i didn't actually read the email. My Mom received it and told me about it. The reservation is in her name.

We received and email today that our Feb.5 cruise to the Bahamas on the Valor has changed to the Liberty. Is that good or bad? And why would this happen? TIA

I'm going on the Carnival Valor in February, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if the Valor or any of the ships have crepes? Thanks in advance.

We did this looooong ago when we took the kids on a Bahamas cruise. When we checked in the Comfort Inn they asked us if we were just going to Atlantis because they could check us out than we wouldn't have to come back. The room was $180 i believe but the Atlantis tickets were almost $100 so we saved over $200 for 4 people. Great deal!

Ok. So I want to post this so other people don't spend the extra money for a "Suite" like we did and end up getting nothing different than a balcony with "priority" boarding, which by the way, didn't really matter anyways. We were booked on the Sensation earlier this month for a guaranteed inside stateroom for a little over $200 total per person. There were 2 adults and a child. Then, the upsell/upgrade fairy calls us trying to upgrade us to the Owner's suite or a Junior Suite. We had booked our flight pretty tight going home and I didn't realize MCO was 40 miles from the pier. So, now I am starting to get a little nervous that we might miss our flight and priority boarding/disembarking sounds pretty good. I am not platinum, so that means we need a suite. I compare the price of the "suite" with what they are going for on similar sailings and feel it is a good deal. Plus, how much would it cost us if we miss our flight? So, we book a junior suite. I look up some information online and now I am wondering if this was the right thing. But, hey, let's just roll with it. We board the ship fast, but seeing as there was no line anyways, the priority boarding didn't really matter. Oh well, our room is ready. We go to our room, which is conveniently located on the verandah deck. When we entered our room, I was disappointed about the size of the room, the size of the bathroom, the width of the balcony, the fact that the balcony overlooked a walkway and the fact that the couch needed to be replaced because the pleather (or whatever it was) was cracked and damaged. I did not think this room resembled a Suite in any way. We were in V6. Thankfully, we did not pay the $1000 more that I have seen them listed for. Still, why call this a suite? I am pretty sure this room was the same size or smaller than their regular balcony cabins. The only difference was the deck (ok, so charge a little more) and the priority boarding. Oh yeah, and some bathrooms that we didn't use anyways. You don't even have a private balcony in these rooms. There is a walkway below. People can stare up at you when you are out there. Besides, there is a open front deck out the exit door that you can go to. And as far as disembarking the ship, we weren't even given priority information or tags. We just packed our stuff up and when people starting exiting the boat, we told the lady we were supposed to be in this group (which we were) and left. We were out front by 0730 and made our flight no problem. We had a great time on this cruise, despite the disappointment in the room. I just don't think it's right that Carnival sells these as Suites when they are no different (or maybe worse) than a regular balcony room. Save your money for something like drinks or excursions.

Thank you for this review. I was debating on spending the extra money for a jr. suite on the Sensation. I think i will save my $400 and spend it elsewhere.

I almost had a heart attack...there's no way I'd be able to survive without my flat iron!

Me too Lexi.

The way to look at it, pretty much any device that is considered a "heating" appliance, will be taken away at security and given back the morning of disembarkation.

Makes no difference if it is carry-on or packed with regular luggage. It has to go thru an x-ray machine. Some people luck out but MOST don't.

I don't think straighteners and curling irons are what they mean. They are even listed on the Carnival website as items you can bring. I've brought them on every cruise i've been on and never been questioned. Ever.

I thought these items were aloud on a cruise but I've read where they are taking these items out of people's suitcases. Everyone in my party needs one or the other how can I get these items on the ship? Should I pack them in our carry on?

I read that to in a recent review. I've always taken both my straightener and curling iron and never had a problem. I seriously NEED these items or i'm a hot mess. I hope its not true.