Cruise Review Carnaval Sensation 07/29 - 08/04/07

MelBelle · August 6, 2007

I'M BAAAAAAACK! Well, here's how the first cruise went. :sad2:

It...............Was...........Out.........of this WORLD :tongue: No rough seas. Great weather. Hubby is actually NOT ruling out the idea of another! :huh2: Vertigo didn't bother me, (of course I started my medication two weeks before hand), until we got off. No biggy. just an up and down motion.

Onward......We left the DC area on Saturday and landed in Orlando in pouring rain. Not fun. Everyone stayed at my sister in laws that night. Embark took longer than I had anticipated. We must have all got there at the same time. Insert thought: note: Michael twisted his back at work the day before we left. This plays thoughout the trip. After wrangling over a wheel chair for my father in law (that my sister in law ordered) we found out we couldn't take it on board, (Carnival supplied one that is). The thought was to use it for Michael since he was in so much pain. But we would have had to give it up at the gang plank. Go figure!

Ship: Starting to show her age. Colors were at one time very Bright. Their rather dull now. Cabins were quite roomy. Not what I expected at all. The kids destroyed our towel animal the first night before I could get a picture so I had our steward put them on the windowsill after that.

First night: I scheduled back massages for myself and Michael. We did the special and also got a foot and hand & arm massage as well. Bought something, (Bad Melanie! Bad Melanie!). Michael was so relaxed he fell asleep early so I was on my own. Found the piano bar. What a hoot! mostly wandered the ship to get my bearings. Sat up on deck with the in laws later in the evening. Lost all six kids! (not really) Just didn't see much of them the whole trip when we were on board.

Freeport: Did the Junkanoo Beach Party. Was not prepared for the warm water. It was incredible! Also wasn't ready for the color of the water. Almost didn't look real. Not a bad place but definatley OOLLDD. But alot of fun. The kids did the Banana boat ride and had a blast. The egg toss was funny. Bought my only Bahamas souvy; a grass fan. Will have fun with it at Ren Faire this year along with my carved coconut.

Went to the stage show that night. Advice. Do not sit in the front row! It's really hard to watch. The inlaws went to the midnight adult comedy show. They said it was outrageous. The kids went around the ship to every photo op without us knowing. I wanted to buy all of them. They got some really great shots. We had a picture of all 13 of us taken on the stairs in the Grand Atrium. Bought that one. It's the only picture I know of with all of us together. I should mention it was formal night. We had a variety of outfits show up. From my father in law in a tux t shirt to me in a sparkly dress. Oh yeah, we were a sight.

Toon in tomorrow for the last two days, (my poor computer has no memory left on the hard drive and this is takeing a toll).

gogetter · August 6, 2007

Hello,

Thanks for part one.................

Just curious if you noticed if they had a poker table(s)?

Thanks

mercedes · August 6, 2007

Great review, looking forward to the rest.

cruisetarp · August 6, 2007

Welcome back MelBelle - I'm so happy you enjoyed your first cruise. Great review so far and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of it soon.

GottaCruz · August 7, 2007

Thanks for the 1st part of your review, Melanie. Glad you enjoyed but sorry to hear about Mike. I hope he's better now. We sailed the Sensation for our very first cruise about 12 years ago. Looking forward to part 2.