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Brian and Deb from Ottawa. We just booked this cruise yesterday. We cancelled our cruise on the Magic for this one because we don't have to fly. Found it by accident looking for a cruise for a friend and we decided to take it. Looks like most of the ship is booked as we only had four balcony cabins to choose from. It has been a long time since we have been on Carnival. Our first two cruise were on the Valor and Victory back in 2005 & 2007 and then we went to RCI for a while. We are on the Voyager of the Seas in March and it will be a first time back on RCI since 2019. Since then we have been on Princess, Holland America and NCL. We did not care for NCL at all and won't be sailing with them unless there is a whopper of a deal. Too expensive for what you get and the room was small for what they consider a mini suite. We have been to all of the islands, but it will be nice to get back to Grenada and Dominica. We loved both those islands and it has been a while since we have been there. We got a really good deal at the Hampton Inn and Suites Staten Island for a hotel, so we booked that the night before. Anything else closer to the port was just too expensive, or didn't include breakfast, or had free parking. We decided to park at the port as any other place around was the same price, or you had to take their shuttle to the port. When the cruise is done, we want to jump in our truck and go home. We did a sailing out of Bayonne where we did the shuttle thing. We had to wait hours for the shuttle guy to show up. Never again. The next time we parked at the port in Bayonne and it was easy to get on the road after the cruise.