Carnival Victory
Renee Baldwin
Age: 53
Occupation: Program Specialist
Number of Cruises: 2
Itinerary: Cruise to No-Where
Sailing Date: October 11th, 2008
My husband and I decided we needed a get-away. I visited
Carnival's website and found a 3-day cruise to Nowhere.
Pricing was good and booking on-line was easy. We drove to
Norfolk from Maryland. It was a holiday weekend so traffic
flow was good. When we arrived the shuttle took us to
Registration. There were lots of people but when they
opened, it went fast. The elevators were not working which
caused hardship for some who could not take the steps or
disabled. Going thru Security checkpoint was fast. When we
got on the ship we went directly to our room, dropped off
the luggage and headed for the Lido Deck. The buffet was
good. As a matter of fact the food on the Lido Deck was
better than the dining room. The food in the Pacific dining
room wasn't that great. I ordered Black Tiger shrimp as an
appetizer but it looked and tasted like shrimp from a
grocery store. Most of my time was spent on the Lido deck
with so many activities going on I couldn't make all of
them.
I enjoyed the concerts that
were shown on the Big-Screen. On Sunday afternoon, that's
when I got the queezy's, took a sick pill, laid down for a
couple of hours and was up and at it again. The show was
good and I enjoyed the "Village People" and even remembered
how to do the YMCA. They're great dancers. Afterwards we
went to the club and had a good time. However, the DJ could
try to up his dance music and have a better collection of
CD's instead of house music. We also went to the
casino--lost my money but it's OK--it was fun. The live band
was great! People really enjoyed them. The crew was very
courteous and polite, better than some of the guests. On
Sunday my husband was disappointed because the Sports Bar
only showed certain games and there were many Redskins fans
aboard. Would I do this again, of course. I was amazed how
organized they were in moving large crowds of people. Hope
Carnival considers running a cruise to No Where from
Baltimore! It's closer to Home! |
