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Our family of four left for our best cruise ever on the Carnival Conquest on July 23, 2006. My husband and I are in our 30s, and when we set sail we had a 10 year old daughter and a 9 year old son. This was our 4th cruise, but our first on the Conquest. Our overall rating of this cruise is 10 out of 10! We had a wonderful time!

Embarkation: We live about 20 miles from Galveston, so were able to get a ride to and from the cruise terminal. (Parking seemed plentiful, just didn't see a reason to leave our car there all week if we didn't need to) We arrived at the terminal around noon, and delivered our bags to a porter, who asked us to take anything with us we'd need before 5:00 pm. We didn't need anything (we thought) other than what was in our carry-on bag so we proceeded inside. The security line and sail and sign lines looked really long, but moved along nicely. We were through both lines in approximately one hour. Then, we were sent to another line. The waiting area with chairs was full so they were lining up cruise passengers along the edges of the room. We waited here another half hour or so, and then finally began boarding the ship. (This line didn't move too fast because of everyone stopping for their embarkation photos.) Overall not a terrible experience, but expect some waiting.

Ship: We stepped onto the ship at level three into the atrium / lobby bar area. We've cruised before but this is the largest ship we've been on and we were impressed. We made our way around to the glass elevators and proceeded to the 8th level to see if our room was ready. (They told us to wait until 2:00pm, but it was about 1:45pm by this time so we decided to see if the room was ready and it was.) After stopping in our room, we left to grab lunch on the lido deck and explore the ship. Just a note here, we were offered a rum punch drink at least 4 times from the time we stepped on the ship until we set down to eat lunch. Finally, they twisted our arms I figured if I'd drink one they'd quit harassing me! Really though, it was good and I didn't mind too much I was just surprised at how hard they were pushing these drinks.

Stateroom/Balcony: We were in Stateroom 8277 and really liked the location; it was forward, and about 5 or 6 rooms down from the elevators. We splurged and booked a balcony room and it was well worth it! We've had ocean view and inside cabins before and now we're spoiled! To give an idea of the layout - our room had a nice size bathroom on the right when we walked

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