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Carnival Ecstasy Review - Jan 3rd-8th

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Well back from our 1st ever cruise. We left from Galveston on Jan 3rd. Check in process was very fast and on the ship by alittle before noon. We brought on wine, soda, and bottled water. Never looked at any of it which was a surprise. Also the rum runner made it through in checked bag. So guess count us lucky. We had a porthole room on empress deck. The shows and comedy was great. Also enjoyed the adult scavenger hunt and newlywed and marriage show. The cruise director Steve is awesome!! Plays fiddle, violin, and juggles. Couldn't believe how multi-talented he was!! Bingo wasnt good to us, but broke even in casino. Roulette table only way to go. Slots are bad. The food was great. Just a very few things we got that wasnt very tasteful. FYI dont ordered 2 entrees at dinner if your not hungary. Saw this happen twice. What a waste of good food. Progreso stop was ok. The town area is kinda scary in our opinion. People wont leave you alone with buying stuff and you see miltary guys with big guns. We just paid $15 and went to a private beach resort. It was ok, but beach was full of seaweed and dirty. Cozumel was by far the highlight of trip. We did the Deluxe Sail, Snorkel, and Beach Party excursion through Carnival. It was so much fun!! Definalty recommend that. Alittle shopping after that and then back on boat. We did go downtown and went to Senor Frogs. Very expensive food, so we just had a drink and left. The last day was sad to seeing vacation was about over. The cruise was on time with all departures and arrivals. Back in Galveston alittle before 8 am. We did the self de-barkation. We were 1st deck called at 8:30 am. Off the ship, through customs, and at our car by 8:50 am!! Overall a great experience!!!

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Well back from our 1st ever cruise. We left from Galveston on Jan 3rd. Check in process was very fast and on the ship by alittle before noon. We brought on wine, soda, and bottled water. Never looked at any of it which was a surprise. Also the rum runner made it through in checked bag. So guess count us lucky. We had a porthole room on empress deck. The shows and comedy was great. Also enjoyed the adult scavenger hunt and newlywed and marriage show. The cruise director Steve is awesome!! Plays fiddle, violin, and juggles. Couldn't believe how multi-talented he was!! Bingo wasnt good to us, but broke even in casino. Roulette table only way to go. Slots are bad. The food was great. Just a very few things we got that wasnt very tasteful. FYI dont ordered 2 entrees at dinner if your not hungary. Saw this happen twice. What a waste of good food. Progreso stop was ok. The town area is kinda scary in our opinion. People wont leave you alone with buying stuff and you see miltary guys with big guns. We just paid $15 and went to a private beach resort. It was ok, but beach was full of seaweed and dirty. Cozumel was by far the highlight of trip. We did the Deluxe Sail, Snorkel, and Beach Party excursion through Carnival. It was so much fun!! Definalty recommend that. Alittle shopping after that and then back on boat. We did go downtown and went to Senor Frogs. Very expensive food, so we just had a drink and left. The last day was sad to seeing vacation was about over. The cruise was on time with all departures and arrivals. Back in Galveston alittle before 8 am. We did the self de-barkation. We were 1st deck called at 8:30 am. Off the ship, through customs, and at our car by 8:50 am!! Overall a great experience!!!

 

we are cruising in 2 rooms on the Empress deck with portholes and wondering if you experienced much noise staying in the rooms up front at night. we are debating if we should upgrade to balconies in the back as we did before as we never heard a peep when we stayed there last time.

thanks:)

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we are cruising in 2 rooms on the Empress deck with portholes and wondering if you experienced much noise staying in the rooms up front at night. we are debating if we should upgrade to balconies in the back as we did before as we never heard a peep when we stayed there last time.

thanks:)

 

Well we never experienced noise from any guests or anything. There was alot of noise and room pretty much shaking when the ship was coming into each port and leaving each port. That lasted about 10-15 minutes. We were only able to slept in on sea days...lol. Also felt the waves pretty good in our room. We were E7 and friends in E9. Overall would stay there again due to very cheap price.

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we're earlybirds so noise coming into port won't be a bother in the mornings- as long as we can sleep silently through the night.

 

thanks again!!

 

Oh yeah you wont have any trouble sleeping through the night. We usually got to bed around midnight and fell fast asleep. Also the guy in charge of cleaning rooms was extremely nice!! Not sure if he stays in that area, but if so, you will really like him!

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HOw was the movement regarding sea sickness? Since this is a smaller ship? I get sea sick and I am worried, never been on this small of a ship before.:confused:

 

Movement of the ship is not really based on size but on SEASTATE. If the seas are rough, then the ship is going to have movement. It does have stabilizers but they are not deployed unless it really gets rough out as it cuts into the fuel mileage.

 

If there is movement, your location on the ship comes into play. Mid-ship and lower has less movement as this is the pivot point.

 

If you think you are going to get seasick, then you need to pre-treat prior to getting seasick.

 

Dave

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