Carnival Conquest

jabberman76366 · July 22, 2006

Sailing on the Conquest 8/27/06. This is our first cruise. Any hints?

Shari2 · July 22, 2006

Welcome to Cruise Crazies, jabberman!

I haven't been on the Conquest, so I can't help you. Sorry. I will be going on the "Liberty" next year. Hope you have a wonderful cruise!!!

JohnG · July 23, 2006

Nice ship, Galveston to Cozumel, Montego Bay and Grand Cayman. Design toned down some from earlier Spirit class decor. Sort of a French impressionist decor...Monet? Didn't like where the internet cafe was: hidden in a corner on deck 4 where the Grand Bar is, which is also the art auction location. Had to walk through the auction to get to it. Up above the Lido deck aft is a Fish and Chips station that also had cioppino, sushi, and more. Many miss it. The supper club specialty restaurant is small and intimate, and also the location where they run a wine tasting seminar three times during the week. I preferred the aft pool on Lido deck, close to the pizza bar :grin: You'll have a great time.

The only down is that it is an hour's ride in traffic from Houston and the airports, and processing at embarkation was very slow...big ship with lots of passengers. I sailed on her last October....maybe they have gotten better with a year's experience. The Fun Pass didn't speed anything up. Debarkation wasn't great, in that the luggage was very hard to locate in the terminal.