Carnival Cruise Line’s latest ship, Carnival Celebration, was christened final week throughout a ceremony in Miami. The cruise ship is at the moment on it’s third cruise and I’m on the crusing with a gaggle of media as a visitor of Carnival exploring all the things that this new cruise ship has to supply.
After spending a number of days on ship, listed below are my fast first impressions of Carnival Celebration.
Ship
Carnival Celebration is a sister ship to Mardi Gras and is analogous in some ways however Carnival Cruise Line has made some nice adjustments. It additionally has BOLT, a curler coaster on the highest deck of the ship. Carnival calls their ships the Enjoyable Ships and there’s enjoyable throughout Carnival Celebration.
It’s undoubtedly my favourite class of Carnival cruise ships and much completely different that many of the cruise line’s vessels. There are such a lot of locations to eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner which can be included in cruise fares. From Shaq’s Massive Hen to Man’s Burger Joint to Avenue Eats, you gained’t go hungry on this ship. With just some days left on our cruise, we’re attempting to determine how you can match all of them in earlier than now we have to disembark.
The highest deck of the ship has all the things from an adults solely space, primary pool, ropes course, basketball court docket, waterpark, mini golf course, and an aft infinity pool. There actually is somewhat of one thing for everybody.
The on line casino is insanely large, for all of you who wish to make donations to the cruise line.
One among my favourite issues in regards to the cruise ship is the Golden Jubilee. Carnival added a number of issues from previous Carnival cruise ships (doorways, tables, telegraph, home windows and many others.) as they have fun their fiftieth anniversary this yr. I’ll have extra about this in my full evaluate after the cruise is over. I’m so glad that Carnival is showcasing a few of their historical past on this ship.
The ship has by no means felt crowded with an exception on embarkation day earlier than cabins have been prepared.
Cabin
I’m staying in a balcony cabin on deck 10 (10295). The balcony is totally large however solely a part of it’s non-public. I don’t thoughts although as a result of I really like the entire further deck house that it gives. You’ll be able to watch a brief two minute video tour of my cabin and balcony beneath.
Terminal F
Carnival Cruise Line transformed and enlarged Terminal F at PortMiami to accommodate Carnival Celebration. The check-in course of was a breeze and one of the best expertise I’ve had when boarding a Carnival cruise ship. We went from our Lyft to the principle ready space in round 10 minutes.
We arrived tremendous early for our cruise so we did have to attend for the ship to get cleared earlier than any passengers may board, as anticipated. However the check-in course of was very environment friendly.
Itinerary
Our cruise is a seven evening cruise to the Western Caribbean from PortMiami. Our port stops are Cozumel, Costa Maya, and Roatan. We even have three sea days. You’ll be able to see itineraries gives on Carnival Celebration right here.
Crew
The crew has been superb up to now. Service has been nice, particularly contemplating that that is simply the third crusing on Carnival Celebration because it often takes a number of weeks to work all of the kinks out.
Our room steward has been superior and at all times calls us by our identify when he sees us.
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Leisure
All over the place I’m going on the ship, there are leisure choices. Comedy exhibits are in a number of completely different lounges and the middle atrium gives a flexible house that hosts all the things from the morning present to new manufacturing exhibits. Seating and views is usually a little bit of a problem right here because of the structure however let’s see how the remainder of the week goes.
As we speak, there are seven completely different venues that might be providing reside music at 28 completely different instances.
WiFi
The WiFi speeds on listed below are one of the best I’ve ever had on a cruise ship. I did a number of velocity exams and every one had over 100 mb obtain velocity.
Lastly, I wish to give a shoutout to the Cruise Director Lee. He makes the correct quantity of bulletins over the PA with out occurring and on like some do. It’s an ideal stability between letting us know what’s going on across the ship with out making too many bulletins. He’s certainly one of my favourite cruise administrators I’ve had on a Carnival ship.
I hope you loved my fast first impressions of Carnival Celebration. I’ll have a whole evaluate of the cruise ship after I get dwelling from the cruise.
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