charw20

We were on this cruise as well, so much fun to read other's views!! We had an awesome time. Took our 4 children for their first cruise. :)

We cruise 10 times a year on Carnival and we have noted 3 variations.

 

On the big ships like Dream, Magic and Dream; you go to the theater or diningroom, get a safely lecture and leave.

 

Other ships do the old fashion to the muster station but we have not dragged lifejackets in about 3 years.

 

The third variation, meet someplace (ours was a back lounge), and then from there, everyone walks to the muster station (this seems to be the rarest type on the ships, but it isn't new, we did this on the Freedom, and Splendor back in 2010.

I'm just jealous you get to cruise 10 times a year! :)

My husband and I both have our passports. We are taking our children on their first cruise in June and aren't getting them passports, we have 4 and it is basically the cost. My daughter will be 15 days shy of an adult passport and I really don't know if they would use them again in the next 5 years for anything. If it wouldn't cost us an extra 600 we would of probably purchased them but taking them already cost us $6000. We aren't able to take vacations like this too often.