once you start you may not want to stop. I went with my husband on the Facination in 4/2004. I loved it. I started planning my second one right away! I am going on the Inspiration in 2 WEEKS (10/10/2005)! Looking forward to that. Going with my sister in law this time.
As for the straight talk...I went on the first cruise after I read everything I could read. I went to my travel agent. I told her my budget and the day I could go (that wasn't negotiable, I only had that week to go). When I came in to see what she had, she had me going to Mexico on Carnival instead of the Bahamas on another ship for the same amount of money...I already liked that. I booked that day and paid!
We were VERY pleased. The embarking is sometimes long. We were lucky about 45 minutes. Now Debarking is a different story...it is long...and somewhat like a cattle drive. We kept out luggage and debarked ourselves...you can choose to have them take your luggage the last night and then wait for you color to be called. That is more of a nightmare, personally to me.
The ship itself (Facination) was great. The cabins are big enough to move around in, we have an inside 4A guarantee. We were not upgraded...that was ok. For this trip we are taking we got an upgrade from a 1A (inside upper and lower beds) to a 5A (2 porthole stateroom-bed are on the floor).
FOOD...I like to eat. I also had to diet when I got home. The food is everywhere! You can have as many dinners as you want anlong with as many desserts you can hold. Noone judges you if you take a bite and say...can I have this instead. They get it and they are happy to get it for you. I wish they could have gone home with me, I got spoiled.
Land tours...we didn't do any. We wandered around in Key West...we were there only a few hours...We loved just looking around...make sure you walk by the Southern Most point! Got pictures there. Cozumel, Mexico...the place I thought I thought was GREAT! We walked around after a shared taxi into town, it was cheap ($3.00 american). We walked from where we were dropped off to the edge of town. Tokk another taxi to a beach...BEAUTIFUL! Stayed there for a few housrs to swim and snorkle...then abouther taxi back to the ship...shopped some more.
Entertainment....on the ship it was great...I can't use that enough. I saw all the shows, on that last night I even got on the stage and "performed" and got my very own "24 caret ship on a stick"!
The experience is awsome. The food is great, the shows WONDERFUL. Overall, it is what you make it. All in all enjoy yourself! You will find yourself saving for another one. I am planning for my 3rd and 4th one and I haven't even been on the 2nd on yet! Once you go you will be hooked!
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