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Carnival Cruise Line

MS Carnival Destiny

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Reviewed by:Michael Evans
# previous cruises: 3
Date of Trip: January 17, 1999
Itinerary: Caribbean - Western

Our cruise was nicely accommodating, and the ship is awesome to behold. If you like splendor and things on a grand scale this is the way to go. We had a much better time on Carnivals smaller ships, with less people the company seems more organized.

The public areas are excellent, a large walk around promenade takes you around all areas. It is fairly easy to find your way around. The main pool area is not very accommodating for a lot of people, because of it's tier design. The casino is huge and is we could find a table whenever we wanted one.

The food service was one of the reasons we gave the cruise such a poor rating. The service for us was horrible, I have had better service from some stateside diners. I know this is not the norm, we have traveled with Carnival on two other occasions and received fantastic service. The food was OK not great, not bad.

Our cabin was very nicely appointed with plenty of space to spread out. Since most cabins on the Destiny have balconies we decided to book a room with one. I highly recommend spending the extra for the balcony, listening to the ocean sing you to sleep is very relaxing. The bathroom was large enough to accommodate a tall adult, and we had three full closets, and two dressers to store our clothes. Since we were on the highest passenger deck our room was very quiet and free from noise.

Excellent entertainment, Carnival does not cut corners in this department. We attended most of the shows, when we were finished with dinner in time(see above about Dining).

On board activities never left us looking for something to do. We did, however, find this ship less organized than their smaller ships. Some outdoor dining activities were so busy it took us longer to get our food than to eat it. Our itinerary was Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas, the itinerary was excellent at both St. Croix and St. Thomas. Be aware that since the ship is so big you may have to wait in long lines to get a bus to take you to your island activities. The ship arrived in Puerto Rico almost two hours early, but we wasted that time waiting in line for a bus to take us on our city tour. This also happened to us in St. Croix when there was no transportation to return us to the ship after our snorkeling.

Fellow passengers are the best part of any trip, since on all the cruises my wife and I have been on we have met good friends, some of which we still speak to regularly. We always meet good friendly people on our cruises with Carnival, and if you like to party this is the trip to take.