Shannon Starnes  

Age: 33
Occupation: Admin. Assistant
Number of Cruises: 2
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Jubilee
Sailing Date: August 25th, 2001
Itinerary:  Western Caribbean

For everyone that was like me and went to these sites to read reviews and was worried after doing so please take a minute and read mine. I wasn't quite sure what to expect on our cruise so I went with an open mind and ended up having the time of my life!!! I understand that people expect a lot from their vacations and I feel that I got just that on this cruise!! I couldn't have asked for better service from anyone I encountered on this boat! I went with 3 friends and we all had a blast. We met a lot of people and NO ONE had anything negative to say about their cruise. The ports were fun with plenty to do at each one. The only thing that was a little depressing was having to leave them so quickly. In Grand Cayman make sure you take a tour that will take you to a little town called Hell, it was really cool and you can send friends and family post cards and they will be post marked from Hell. In Cozumel, we went snorkeling which we really liked a lot then went back to the boat and had lunch and went back out in the city and went shopping, you have a lot more time in Cozumel than Grand Cayman's so you can do a little more.

While you are on the boat eat in the dining room at dinner, the meals were excellent! We chose to eat on the Lido deck for breakfast and lunch because it usually seemed to be more convenient. We had some of the best meals on this ship, and when you are at dinner don't be afraid to ask for seconds if you like what you had, my cousin and I had a lobster tail at dinner one night and loved it, jokingly we asked for another and before you knew it we had another lobster tail sitting in front of us. Our waiter was the best (Victor). We also had an excellent room steward (Linval) when we came back to the room at night we had a different animal made out of a towel which was fun it was kind of like Christmas, some people said that they never even seen their steward, but we fortunately got to meet ours and he was a lot of fun!

Just one final note…please go on your trip and expect to have fun and you will, make the best of it. Read your Carnival Capers every night that is put under your door and get involved in anything you can and you will have a blast!!!! Promise. Have Fun!