sammy1956 Posted October 20, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Just back from our 5 day out of Charleston , Had a blast ! Parking : After the maze thru to the 1st tent I was surprised that they now have a lane for Diamond , platinum , & handicapped . You proceed to the next tent to pay for parking , you can prepay online , i did ,move forward out from tent & drop check in luggage, they put the priority sticker on there , proceed to the 1st warehouse , park , go outside ,down ramp , into shuttle ,and drive over to the terminal ,you can also walk over to the terminal now . Terminal: Very simple , go in the door , curve in to the right & separate into lines to go thru Xray & metal detectors . had a group of 10 with me so waited by the stairs for all to finish check in . go up stairs , do your s&s card in the machine & go out & climb the ramp . Ship: She's still in good shape , some of the crew told me she's going to drydock in Nov. for 2 weeks & getting Guy's Burgers , Blue Iguana Cantina, they'll be taking out Mongolian Wok & the burger bar , all elevators worked on this cruise . Food in MDR was great for me & no one in our party disliked anything . 2 got the fillet for the $20.00 upcharge and said it was very good .Nassau; Been there 13 times , walked the newbies around & went to Senor Frogs for lunch. Half Moon Cay; The Most Beautiful beach in my mind . We rented the Oasis & had a ball ! everyone was blown away ,the place is great for a day, they supply everything , a cook ,bartender ,life guard , server . we didn't have to do a thing but sit back , swim ,or soak in the Jacuzzi , brought our own music & plugged into their system , Royalty for a day ! Overall; We lucked out with the weather , mid 80's all 5 days , short rain on 1st sea day , other than that , mostly sunny , didn't gamble , went to 2 comedy shows , some bright spots , otherwise we sat & talked , had'nt all been together for 15 yrs . Any Questions , i'll try & answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAOk1945 Posted October 20, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Thanks for posting your review. I'm glad you had such a wonderful cruise. We have sailed on the Ecstasy twice and enjoyed it both times. Happy cruising wherever you go next. Cruising is a great way to see the world one port at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loubetti Posted October 20, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Very nice! Glad you had a great time. The Fantasy class ships are still large classics, only at middle-age, and you see the vintage design genius of Joe Farcus on board.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teempee123 Posted October 20, 2016 #4 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Where do you prepay for parking online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xsin12mths Posted October 20, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Could not agree with you more. I was on the same 5 day in September. 4th time on Ecstasy. What a great ship. Told my husband we are def going back to Charleston. What a lovely port. In 3 weeks we leave out of Miami on Glory. Miami is my least favorite port but so many ships and itineraries leave from that port. But any cruise for us is a good cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy1956 Posted October 20, 2016 Author #6 Share Posted October 20, 2016 go to carnival look up , CHARLESTON CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL DIRECTIONS AND PARKING on bottom of page is a link to the ports parking site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jll583 Posted October 20, 2016 #7 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Sounds like a blast! Charleston is the closest port for us and it's great to know you had a great time! Glad to hear about them putting in a Guys and Blue iguana as well! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted October 21, 2016 #8 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Glad to know you had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_mojo Posted October 25, 2016 #9 Share Posted October 25, 2016 we sail sunday on the 6 day cruise hoping theydont screw up and wave us past the dropoff containers and strt 2 the warehouse like last time! had a hekuva time with :(luggage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandkps Posted October 25, 2016 #10 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thanks for the review! We're sailing her again in February and are very excited about the addition of the Hub and the other upgrades happening before then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louanne93 Posted October 25, 2016 #11 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Great to hear! We love the Fantasy class ships!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdinkins Posted October 26, 2016 #12 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Thanks for your review glad you had a good time, but the dry dock and upgrades is in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahoughton Posted October 30, 2016 #13 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Your right the dry dock is about the 10th -24th of Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maldenmusic Posted October 30, 2016 #14 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Glad you enjoyed your cruise. I really like the Fantasy class ships and have been on Fantasy and Elation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_mojo Posted November 5, 2016 #15 Share Posted November 5, 2016 from 6 days on the ecstasy fun cruise, lots of unexpected changes, but still a good cruise!:) getting on board was a big pain n the butt:mad: we had to skip freep, then a med emergency caused a second bit of altering, but that was needed and ok, so nothing but best hopes for the sick passenger anyhoo we'll prolly do E again when price is right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted November 8, 2016 #16 Share Posted November 8, 2016 from 6 days on the ecstasy fun cruise, lots of unexpected changes, but still a good cruise!:) getting on board was a big pain n the butt:mad: we had to skip freep, then a med emergency caused a second bit of altering, but that was needed and ok, so nothing but best hopes for the sick passenger anyhoo we'll prolly do E again when price is right Appreciate your attitude. Despite altered ports, you still enjoyed your cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkie103 Posted November 8, 2016 #17 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Thanks for your review. Due to our Christmas plans falling apart :( we're booked on a 4 day on the Ecstasy. Love the other Fantasy class but haven't sailed her yet and doing Christmas on a cruise is also a new experience :rolleyes:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_mojo Posted November 8, 2016 #18 Share Posted November 8, 2016 without some incident! pretty well knew we'd lose Freeport but wish carnival had been more proactive on information earlier as I mentioned ( I think ) this was our 4th time out of C two on NCLs majesty 10 years ago or so, and 2 on the fantasy seems like we always gotta stop in Miami, or key west or somewhere for a medical emergency last year or maybe it was early this year we stopped to rescue some peeps off a stranded boat! cant recall exactly when or where that was but just woke up one morning to some racket and looked out the window to see a boat rocking out in the ocean off the side a bit, looking down we saw the lifeboat just reaching the water and heading out, I got some pics of it but that may be the camera and SD card I lost in st Thomas this spring if I handled the pics on my computer the images might be mirrored here somewhere, I was albe to find many of my lost pictures but only the ones Id posted or printed and thusly handled on the comp - the sd card had over 600 pics on it so I lost a couple hundred or more permanently :( two straight Fujis and now a Nikon inexpensive Coolpix :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_mojo Posted November 8, 2016 #19 Share Posted November 8, 2016 we sail on elation next year feb 6 and 17th 5 and 4 day resp. reading recent reviews, some focus on the ship looking rather rusty and beat up well, I can recall many many times in port on every cruise line, and in every port, chip and paint, chip and paint, scrub the window, wash and scrub, chip and paint the Elation, did look rather like a rust bucket!!!:confused: I should have taken pics to post somewhere but it had dozens of streaks of rust down the sides and along the seams between side plates, Unusual for any cruise ship to appear a bit run down like this! Hopefully they have hung over the sides by now and corrected this.... The Ecsatasy as you might see in recent photos looks pretty clean. AND while on board, they were replacing decking on the starboard side near the forward pool\hottub area. You could also clearly see fresh decking on the port side opposite the hot tub and pool area has been also recently replaced. They were working on this while in HMC a bit and Nassau quite industriously! Not the highway 9 guys standing round watching one guy drive the paving machine and two shovel gravel. Rather, a crew of 6-7 guys using plenty of elbow-grease to get the job done! I pondered this and other mysteries of life while drinking my miller light draft and sitting in the hot tub!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAOk1945 Posted November 8, 2016 #20 Share Posted November 8, 2016 The Ecstasy is a great ship. We enjoyed both of our cruises on her. Did you know there are two Owner's Suites on the ship? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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