COJO1956

I am subscribed! Loving this review!

Nancy I just want to hug you, and I wish I knew something to say to help you:(I am so glad we got to cruise with you and the Andrew. He did love cruising, and a ceremony on the Fantasy would be something he'd approve of. I wish we were going to be on this cruise with you.

We just got off the Fantasy last Sat. We were on the 7 day cruise. The Chateaubriand was served on our 2nd Elegant night. It's one of my favorites. We love the Fantasy, and weren't bothered by smoke. I don't spend time in the casino though, although my DH does. The ship is the oldest, but kept in tip top condition.

$50 bucks to cut lines?

 

I dont care if were 2nd on the ship or 2000th.... What is the rush?

 

FTTF =Not worth it!

We just got off the Fantasy last week and had FTTF. We thought it was VERY worth it. We walked on the ship where a crew member noticed our sticker, and escorted us right to the closed door going to our hallway with our cabin. He said our cabin would be ready, and it was. Our luggage had beat us there. We dropped our carry on's off, and went directly to Lido for lunch. It was worth the $50 not to have to drag our carry ons around. So, I guess different strokes for different folks, but we will always purchase FTTF from now on.

COJO1956, Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Did Jim go to the casino? We are cruising the Liberty again in May to see Music Boardwalk you will love it. alot more to do than on the Fantasy and different ports also:) Pink

He did go to the Casino and it wasn't pretty:eek: Wish you were going on our cruise! We are looking forward to new ports, and Liberty will be our first big ship and balcony;)

We sailed on the Carnival Fantasy out of Charleston SC on January 25th through Feb 1st 2014. Over all the cruise was nice but I will never sail on this ship again. Here is why,

1. The Serenity deck, it is nice that they had one, but it is small and on the starboard side it was very noisy. There is a 4 foot by 8 foot exhaust vent that runs continuously, so that side of the deck is not quiet at all. If you have a group of 3 or 4 people, it’s hard to get that many seats together.

2. Ice cream. There are a total of 4 ice cream machines on the ship; all of them are on the Lido deck. 3 are side by side at the salad bar and one is outside on the open Lido deck area but this one was out of order most of the time.

3. Drink dispensers. There are 4 of these, 2 in the dining area and 2 on the open lido deck area, my complaint here is that the 2 in the outside area were often closed.

4. The sound system on the Lido area around the pool is terrible. Sounds like a very cheap sound system turned up very loud.

5. The food on the Lido deck in the pool area was mediocre at best and never changed. It was the same selection every day, it never changed. The food inside at the buffet was a little better but certainly nothing to write home about. They served Italian food 4 out of 6 days, and for me personally 1 day is more than enough, a variety would have been nice. Also, they did not stay open very long for any of the meals.

6. Shorty, the cruise director, she was very nice and personable, but I only saw her actually interact on one occasion, the guest talent show. On past cruises, the cruise director was everywhere participating in all kinds of activities all day and evening.

7. The pool area on the Lido deck had 2 bars, but only one was open. The second one was never used. Probably because every night the Lido deck was a ghost town. There was no activity on the Lido any night. (except for a couple of 10:30 party’s, that were attended by a few people) During the day there were a lot of people around the pool but when evening came people scattered to other parts of the ship.

8. The entire Lido deck had 1 men’s bathroom and 2 women’s bathrooms. Bathrooms were few and far between on all the decks.

9. Entertainment was terrible all over the ship with the exception of the comedians, they were good.

10. Although Half Moon Cay is Carnivals private island and you can user your sail n sign card there, BUT, if you have purchased the drink card for alcoholic beverages, you CANNOT use it on the island.

11. The ocean view cabins are the smallest ocean view cabins I have ever stayed in. Very small and cramped.

12. At the Platinum and Diamond party, 5 times I tried to flag down the waiters walking around with trays of drinks, each time they said they would be right back, none of them ever returned, the 6th one I practically had to block his way to get a drink from him.

13. On the bright side, every crew member I met was very pleasant and professional.

We were on this same cruise. We loved Shorty! She was everywhere, and so was Wally. They both made it a point to interact with everyone. She asked everyone during the Welcome Aboard show to holler out "Hi Shorty" when we saw her, so that's what we did, and she always came right over to talk to us. I find myself saying "Ciao for now":D

I rarely ate in the buffet - I usually had Mongolian for lunch, my DH had a reuben from the deli, or a burger. This is the first cruise I didn't have pizza. It seemed to me they had more entertainment during the evenings, so that could be why Lido seemed empty. Plus we had some chilly, very windy nights.

We thought the entertainment was great! Loved the Hypnotist show, the comedian/juggler, and both of the musical shows. They had a great band playing 70's/80's music on Promenade several of the nights. We also saw the comedian a couple times.

The food was very good in MDR, but we had 6pm seating, and it was very slow most nights. Our waiter had way too many tables to take care of. Some nights other tables were ordering dessert and we hadn't even gotten our food yet. The tables were also packed together which made it very hard for the waiters to move around. Most nights we didn't get out of there till after 7:30. We tried the brunch once but our food was cold, and just ok. I prefer the omelette station on Lido which were made fresh. We are early risers and the brunch didn't start till 8:30.

I never paid attention to the bars on Lido - there were plenty of waiters walking around taking orders.

We had FTTF and that was worth it's weight in GOLD. Just being able to walk on the ship and go directly to our cabin to put our carry ons away before lunch was worth it! Our luggage actually beat us to our cabin. We were on the first tender to HMC, and it was nice being able to use the Platinum line for guest services. We will definitely use FTTF whenever it's available.

Our next cruise will be on the Liberty, but we will be back on Fantasy after that. We really love that ship. All in all, we thought it was our best cruise ever!

My DH really enjoyed the Behind the Fun tour. They take you to the engine room, and the Bridge which he really liked. It was very interesting.

Looking forward to more!!!

Hey Kim! You will love the porthole cabin. We will definitely be booking one on our next cruise. We were looking at perhaps the 7 day out of Charleston. We found one in December that is only $450.00! Woo hoo! 7 days and another visit to Half Moon Cay. Ohhhh!

Really enjoying your review and pictures! We're booked for the Dec 8 - 7 day out of Charleston, and have a port hold cabin. Hope you choose this cruise:D

We will be on the Fascination in Oct for our first cruise, and have PT cabin E4 - anyone have any pics of this cabin? We are high enough up so the waves won't bother us, and we're early risers so will be up and the anchors noise won't bother us. I am concerned now about the motion this far forward. We booked before I discovered this forum.

What are the sea bands, and where can you get them?