Carnival Fantasy Review

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Great time on our first time cruise for family of 5

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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2014
Traveled with children

We sailed on the Carnival Fantasy out of Charleston at the end of June. We chose the Fantasy because we are a family of 5 and wanted to stay in one cabin and we also wanted to be able to drive to the port. This was our first cruise. I read tons of reviews on Cruise Critic and got great advice!

We bought the “Faster to Fun” so we were able to get on board at 11am instead of 12:30pm and put our carry ons in the room right away. This was well worth the $50. We had two 12 packs of soda and 2 bottles of wine in our carry on bags, so it was nice to be able to put those in the room and freshen up. We were able to explore the ship and take a dip in the pool before the crowds. On the Lido deck is the swimming pool and two hot tubs. The pool is small and salty. We also hit the water slides. We were the first people on the slides and had them to ourselves for a while.

We had an inside stateroom on the Empress Deck. I wasn’t sure how the set up would be for 5 people. I was surprised as I unpacked that there was space for everything. There are 3 closets that have shelves and a safe. There is also a vanity table/desk with several drawers. The beds were pushed together to make a king and the two twins were pulled down from the ceiling. Then, there was little cot on the floor for our 5th person. I thought the cabin steward would put the beds back away during the day and take them down every night, but he didn’t. But it really wasn’t a problem. I never felt cramped in the room - we really weren’t in it much. The TV channels that ship gets are local ABC, NBC, CBS Florida stations, CNN, ESPN, Cartoon Network, & Boomerang. We did not allow our kids to bring on a computer or ipods, so they did watch the kids channels a bit. I was glad that we packed our power strip and alarm clock. We kept the TV on at night to the Forward of the boat channel for a night light.

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We had an inside stateroom on the Empress Deck. We really liked the location of the our cabin. We were close to the atrium and staircase and it was not noisy. I wasn’t sure how the set up would be for 5 people. I was surprised as I unpacked that there was space for everything. There are 3 closets that have shelves and a safe. There is also a vanity table/desk with several drawers. The beds were pushed together to make a king and the two twins were pulled down from the ceiling. Then, there was little cot on the floor for our 5th person. I thought the cabin steward would put the beds back away during the day and take them down every night, but he didn’t. But it really wasn’t a problem. I never felt cramped in the room - we really weren’t in it much. The TV channels that ship gets are local ABC, NBC, CBS Florida stations, CNN, ESPN, Cartoon Network, & Boomerang. We did not allow our kids to bring on a computer or ipods, so they did watch the kids channels a bit. I was glad that we packed our power strip and alarm clock.

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