Carnival Destiny

Pros: Room with a balcony
Cons: I can now compare a BAD cruise to a great cruise

...said the krill to Nemo and Dorey. That's what I say to anyone thinking of a Carnival cruise! Just swim away, unless you want to be stuck in a stinky wale with no food. Choosing the cruise: My husband and I decided to take a 7 day cruise for a ...

Pros: Stops, crew
Cons: Smell, food

This was the Carnival Destiny's 3rd or 4th cruise after her dry dock in September.We chose Carnival due to the price and the islands that they were visiting.  This was our first cruise and we did not want to pay for an expensive cruise until ...

Pros: Great Ports of Call! Fun Casino and good night time entertainment.
Cons: Condition of room, dining times and arrangements, day time activities

Itinerary: Carnival Destiny sailing RT from San Juan on a 7 day southern Caribbean cruise with stops in St. Thomas, Dominica, Barbados and Aruba. I’m 34 and was traveling with a friend. It was my fourth cruise on Carnival and his second and it ...

Pros: Big ship, lovely experience
Cons: We had to go home!

My parents and I went on the Carnival Destiny's Western Carribean cruise in May. It was my first cruise (I'm 23), and my parents' second Carnival cruise. (They were formerly on the Inspiration). It was our first family vacation in many years.

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Pros: Great ship, good itinerary, great food!
Cons: Crime at some ports of call

We had a group of family and friends on this week-long Southern Caribbean cruise in February 2002. The flight into San Juan was uneventful, other than the views out the airplane windows was spectacular when passing over the numerous small islands and...

Pros: Exotic and unique 4 port locations. Wacky Rollers Safari in Dominica.
Cons: Over crowded. Dining was terrible. Class of guests. Expensive shore excursions. Staff.

The Carnival Destiny is a huge ship with a lot of people on it. Thousands of people on one ship for about a week. If you don't like crowds and like special attention, this is not the cruise for you. There literally wasn't anywhere on the boat where you ...

Pros: Ports of Call, Friendly Service Staff, Comfortable Beds & Dining Room Food!
Cons: Entertainment, Staterooms, Buffet Food & Administration Crew!

I know this review is long, but PLEASE read this if you are considering a cruise with ANY Carnival line. My husband and I went on the Carnival Destiny out of San Juan on 3/12/06 with a group of 25. This was our first Carnival experience and it ended up ...

Pros: Lots of activities, reasonable cost
Cons: Overcrowding

General Observation:

The ship definitely has some wear and tear in places, as might be expected on a ship that hauls around over 3000 passengers week in and week out. However it was nothing that really detracted from our overall...

Pros: clean, friendly, dining room service, large rooms
Cons: Food not as good as other carnival ships - mostly buffets, cost, layout of ship

I've been on 2 other Carnival cruises - and loved them both. This one however, was not on the same level as the others. The main reason is the food - the buffets were just normal meals. They did not have the typical grandness associated with them....

Pros: Great rooms, Not overcrowded, very very clean, very very fun!!
Cons: no cons

Me, my wife and 3 kids decided to go on this cruise for Christmas vacation is December. After reading the brochures, we decided that this was the best cruise. As our time on the ship went by, we realized we had definately made the right choice. We got...

Pros: Service
Cons: Lines to get on and off the boat

For those who think cruises are too spendy think again. Our cost for the cruise itself for 2 people including airfare was $4000. We even had a room with a balcony you could save even more without an outer room or without a balcony. I have looked at...

Pros: A balcony cabin is the way to go. Room had enough room for storage.
Cons: Strong odor like rotten produce/sewage in some of the common areas. NO laundry service!

I'm going to go into great detail with this review, but this is going to be fun for me because I will be reliving it all over again. My husband and I are in our thirties and this was our fourth cruise together and the first one of which I have ever...

Pros: Size Factor, Destinations, Activities
Cons: Drink Prices, In-processing

Wow! This was honestly the best week of my life. There was so much to do that I needed a vacation after the vacation to recover. That's the way a cruise ought to be. I went with 3 other friends to celebrate college graduation. We went on the...

Pros: BIIIIIG Newer SHIP, Balcony cabins are GREAT.
Cons: Mediocre food, and onboard ammenities.

Last summer, I sailed on the Carnival Destiny out of New York for 5 nights to Canada. This was my 11th cruise (second on Carnival).

The ship is indeed stunning. The atrium will take your breath away. I booked a balcony mini-suite, which to...

Pros: Beautiful, all inclusive, lots to do
Cons: open bar not the proper atmosphere for children, leave them home

My husband & I recently took the Carnival Destiny cruise to nowhere out of Charleston, SC. This cruise left Charleston on Friday afternoon May 12, 2000, cruised towards Bermuda and returned home Sunday am. There were no stops on this cruise and...