What to expect on
the ship?
As a first timer, I was so excited to get on the ship and check out all the things
as soon I cleared the security and check-in process. Even before I need to tell
you about the ship. I was bit disappointed seeing the ship at first glance from
outside. The reason being, I was told by a Cruise veteran(goes cruise every other
month) that these ships are bigger than Titanic. He may be right but I guess not
all of them are bigger than titanic. Especially Carnival Ecstasy might be small
compared to the Titanic I saw in the movie.
Anyway, I didn't see the real Titanic so I can't really compare like apples to apples.
Who knows how big Titanic was really? The movie guys exaggrate the things bigger
than normal. But the ship was big enough to excite me and bring out the thrill after
seeing all the ammenties inside. As soon we boarded the ship which is one end of
the ship, I saw the Atrim view. It took me away immediately. It was like viewing
a 7-8 mall from the ground floor with all the colorful things in the background.
Here is the Top view of the Atrim.
Cabins: Don't expect a big Hotel Rooms with all the comfy space to move around.
The Interior cabins we got was just 12 X 6 ft sqft including the bathroom with King
size bed. Don't get disappointed because you are not going to staying in the room
anyways. Luxury Suites are much bigger than these normal interior rooms.
Swimming Pools: I was looking for a big YMCA type swimming pool with nice
treated water with mild warmness. But I assumed it wrong again. They had 3 pools
in Carnival Ecstasy. One on the main Lido Deck, another one below that deck for
Kids and another above Lido Deck next to Baseball court. All are filled with cold
Salt water and not treated with chlorine. I heard that Carnival and Royal Carribean
only fill it with Salt water. Also all the pools are just 4ft tall and may be 4-5ft
wide. Anyways, you are not going to lapping in cruise. You can just stay cool and
feel the sun. They had lot of beach chairs which you can see on the below pictures.
So my take, don't get your expectation hyped up too much. There might be things
which might disappoint you but there are lot of things sure to make you excited
and have fun. Every Ship is different but they are going to always big and big in
size to surprise you.
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