Lesley

Age: 18
Occupation: School
Number of Cruises: 2
Cruise Line: Carnival
Ship: Sensation
Sailing Date: May 21st, 2005
Itinerary: Western Caribbean

We went on this cruise for our senior trip! It was me and my best friend and my family! It was me and my family's second cruise, but my friends first time! We had a great time and we are going back in July!

Embarkation: We live about an hour away from New Olreans so we just drove down there. Parking as usual in New Orleans was terrible! It seemed like it took forever but I think it only took about 30 minutes! Once we got to the terminal it took about another 30 minutes before we were actually on the ship! After boarding we went straight to our rooms we had 3 rooms all next to each other. When we finally found out rooms all of our luuggage was already there which I was suprised! The rooms were very clean and alot of room compared to other cruise ships!

Rooms: Like I said above the rooms were always clean and there was plenty closet space for 2 girls to put all there things and the bathroom was bigger than most on cruise ships there was always hot water and everything! And the room was a good size! We had a window in our room and we looked out of it every now and then but it was so dirty we couldn't see out of it most of the time they should think about cleaning them on the outside!

Food: The food was the best part! There was to much! But it was always good and if you didn't like something that you had ordered they would come get it and get you something else! We ate in the dining room every night except one night we ordered room service because we were so tired but it was always good!

Entertainment: There was always something to do on board. From games out on Lido deck to games shows in the lounges! I think the best thing we did was going to the shows! They were so awesome! The lead singers were so great! We actually went to the shows twice it was great!

Staff: The staff was good. They were usually willing to help every now and then we would get some people who could barley speak English like in the gift shops, it was kind of annoying but oh well!

Ship: I thought the ship was so pretty! I had read that it was ugly and outdated. It was a little outdated but nothing that bad! I liked the colors of it and everything. The layout is a little confusing haha (got lost a couple times!) other than that it was great!

Costa Maya: We did a jeep tour it was pretty fun but at first we went through the actual city of Costa Maya and it wasn't pretty it was very dirty but once we started getting out of there we had alot of fun!

Cozumel: We did the dolphin swim which was really fun! Do it if you get a chance! There is alot of shopping over there to it was alot of fun!

Debarkation: Went by pretty fast we carried our luggage off the ship which made it go fast!

All in all we had so much fun and like I said we are going back in July and I can't wait! If you ever get a chance go!