Dave & Linda

Age: 48
Occupation: mtce supv
Number of Cruises: 1
Cruise Line: Carnival
Name of Ship: Destiny
Sailing Date: January 12th, 2002
Itinerary: Southern Caribbean

My wife and I just returned for from a 7 –day cruise on the cruise ship Destiny from January 12- 19th. Everything from beginning to end was fantastic.

Arrival at the airport was breeze. We got our luggage and went to a waiting bus that brought us right to the ship. This is one big ship! We got to our room and other than the location it was great. Very clean, well laid out, and plenty of storage for over packers like ourselves. Our room steward was very pleasant & talented with the towel animals.

The food on ship was great. If you chose to eat dinner in the dining room the food seemed to be a little better than at the buffets. Make sure to order two entrees to try something different. The buffets did have their place though. The made to order omelets were awesome. In the evening the seafood and pasta was to kill for. Pizza any time during the day was better than anything you could get in Minnesota. The Destiny Bar was our bar of choice. It was next to the casino and with Rodney & Eugienia making the drinks an taking care of us it was the best bar on the ship. The ports-of-call were all great and each something to offer us.

St. Thomas: Best place to shop for jewelry. The merchants were glad to help us easy to barter with as long as you know what you really wanted. We went to Coki Beach instead of Magen’s bay. We were told that this beach is not as crowded. Well worth the taxi trip there. Beautiful sand beach and great scenery across the water. There were always people waiting on you: food, drinks, chairs or hair braids they had it all.

Martinique: Beautiful island. We went on snorkeling trip and the water was crystal clear. The boat brought us to two locations to snorkel so we could see the difference in fish and their surroundings. One was a secluded beach outside a small fishing village, which had shallow water and a lot to see. The rum punch and my wife dancing with the captain made her day.

Barbados: We went on an island tour. It was a nice tour but after watching and hearing how much fun they had on the Jolly Roger ship I wish we would have done that instead. The spots that we went to were interesting: sugar cane plantation, signal hill and St. John’s church. Don’t forget the shopping it is great.

Aruba: This was by far the prettiest island. We went snorkeling on Pelican ll and anchored at “Arashi” on the west point of the island. Shopping is must with all the unique souvenir shops. What can I say about Carlos and Charlie’s the place rocks.

Fun days at sea: Very relaxing and a great place to people watch. Make sure to get up early if you want one of the “prime” lounge locations. They go early. Hot tubs during the day were very busy but later at night, under the stars, they were very enjoyable. You meet a lot of interesting & fun people through out the wee. They had a little bit of entertainment for everyone. The men’s hairy chest contest was a hit, as Tarzan had to do his call whenever anyone would ask. TARZAN – Had a great time at the bar – Linda!!!!!

We would for sure cruise with Carnival again. When Tiffany at Tickets-N-Trips let us down Carnival came through to take care of us on the next cruise even though they didn’t create the problem. What a class cruise line. Make sure to check out your travel agents before putting down you hard earned cash - we sure will.

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