Cruise with Carnival Liberty: Eastern Caribbean - Part 1. Stateroom & Embarkation
There’s
no doubt that the other travel bunnie and I LOVE travelling. And
we are pretty intense when it comes to travelling because we always
try to squeeze in as much food, places to see and leisure as we can
within the twenty-four hours of each day. The thought of being
“stuck” on a boat in the middle of nowhere sounded like a
nightmare to me. I used to cringe at the idea of cruising.
Full Stop. So we never thought that we would be into
cruising, well not yet anyway.
But
we were wrong. Utterly and completely wrong.
A
while ago when we went to the States, I said to the other travel
bunnie that I wanted to see Christmas decorations and spend New
Year’s Eve in New York. So as we were planning our holidays,
two weeks became four weeks, and before we knew it, we decided to
spend a week in the Caribbean in between our 1ST and 2nd
rounds in New York, just to break out of the cold and enjoy some
sunshine.
I
wasn’t willing to spend too much on the cruise thinking that I
wasn’t going to enjoy it anyway. After some research, we
decided on a 7-night Eastern Caribbean cruise with Carnival Liberty.
On
the day of embarkation, we got up before the sun had a chance to
shine, so that we could speed to JKF and catch a flight to Miami.
The
Carnival crew had already been waiting for us. In fact, all
major cruise companies have welcome stands set up at the airport.
This meant that we avoided the long queue later on at the departure
centre and got an early check-in at the airport.
After
all the paperwork was completed and we were given our nifty cruise
ID’s, it was only a short coach ride away to the departure hall.
We
didn’t have to wait for long before we would board the cruise ship.
I
couldn’t wait to see our stateroom. I knew that the room
would be tiny and the bathroom probably wouldn’t even be big enough
for one to do a twirl, but it was my first time and I was excited. I
had spent days researching the Carnival Liberty, trying to suss out
the best room for minimal dollars. And it paid off. We
managed to get an interior room with obstructed ocean view on the
Deck 7 - Empress Deck, which is where all the suites are located.
Apparently that the staff assigned to this deck are extremely
considerate and indeed, our butlers were fantastic.
Our
stateroom 7202, was a lot better than I had imagined. Albeit
small, it felt warm and it was equipped with everything that we
could’ve asked for. The size of the shower was reasonable big
and the bed was comfy.
After
we settled in, we jointed the rest of our fellow cruisers on the main
deck for the Embarkation party as we waved goodbye to onlookers at
South Beach. The sun started setting as the Miami city became
smaller and smaller until it disappeared from my sight…
In
the next few weeks or so, I’ll be putting up posts about the cruise
that we took, including the food on board as well as photos of each
of the different ports such as the Bahamas and San Juan in Puerto
Rico.
So
stay tuned for more on my cruise collection!
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