My wife and I are taking our 2 daughters, our son-in-law, the youngest daughter's boyfriend, and our two grandsons on the Destiny for Thanksgiving. We expect to have a great cruise on the Destiny, as well as a great cruise on the Holiday's final cruise in two weeks. Cruisers are responsible for their own attitudes. If you go expecting to have a great time and do the onboard activities, you'll have the vacation of a lifetime. If you start out grumpy, you'll have a terrible vacation. Happy campers are happy campers. Grumpy campers are grumpy campers. BTW, we're hoping that the Holiday has engine troubles, and we might get an extra Fun Day at Sea for free.

            Kalyn            Diane            Me            Rosie

yes in ocho rious we took the "gardens and highlights" tour, that takes you to Shaw park. which if you like plants and nature (in this case JUNGLE) you will love it. also takes you to "dunns river falls" its beautiful , We never climbed it but i walked from top to bottom on steps next to it, got many pictures. our tour guide was the best,  the guide warned us of what to be aware of . meaning the local venders wanting to sell there stuff , they can be pretty aggressive so be aware of that, if you dont want something be FIRM on your " I DONT WANT IT ".   took a bus ride threw town  to top of mountain, seen many of picturesque spots but the ride there does not stop for pics. stoped at the local shopping plaza in downtown ocho, its like most anywhere in the world after the first couple shops you;ve seen most of it.  

but now at Cayman was a different story, we set out on foot shopping and loved it there !!    you have more freedom in cayman , meaning the local venders are there but not aggressive like Jamaica.  over all our vacation was awesome.

Thank you so much Kevin for the info. Dunn River Falls sounds like it would be fun to do. Ive seen some pictures and read on the thread how nice it was so we might do that.Ive been to Cayman already and loved it we did the hell ,turtle farm ,stingray excursion but didnt do any shopping then so its on now.The sting rays were alot of fun too.

Your cruise is what you make it.  While we have never been on the Destiny, we have been on several other ships.  I have never had such a bad experience as you.  If my cabin was dirty, I would have made a quick trip to the purser's office and lodged a complaint immediately.  We have had a few things go wrong on our cruises but I will be darned if it would ruin my entire cruise.  Each ship has it's own charm and I have never met a ship I didn't like. 

Joan

 Don't worry I have sailed with Carnival before and on the Destiny twice The people are great, the boat is great. Relax and enjoy yourself, I have been on NCL,and just about all the crew ships..... They all have something special about their line. Carnival is America's crew line Simple Fun and very nice....... enjoy yourself......

Joan

You are absolutely right.  Although the experience was not what I  expected, it did not ruin my whole cruise.  We were there to celebrate our son's 40th Birthday and we had a lot of fun in spite of the bad service and mediocre food.  And since 6 of our cabins were in the same section on deck 6, we all got the same bad service.  BTW, I did lodge a complaint at the purser's desk.  .

we took our first cruise last sept. on destiny. i cant began to tell you what a great time we had. we loved everything about it. treated like kings and queens, cabin was great always clean, food was awesome, it was so nice to go to the dining room every night.we leave in 24 days to sail sensation. i hope its as great as our first cruise. we are bringing 6 new cruiser with us. i love cruising!

We had chosen our destinations VERY CAREFULLY. I had already been to Nassau and Cancun. We wanted to go somewhere we had never been before. Carnival had a cruise to Grand Cayman/Jamaica. We WERE ELATED.We checked in our baggage and parked our car.Checked in for the cruise when a letter was handed out stating that the itin. had been changed due to a prob.with the ship.We would no longer go to Jamaica/Grand Cayman.We would be visiting Nassau/Freeport.The letter also stated they were giving us 20% off our next cruise with Carnival.STUNNED,CONFUSED,

Satisfied,

Me and a friend were also on the Destiny Sept 17 and we too had a great time! we met some wonderful peopel, two of which we have kept in contact with and are plan to visit or travel with in the future. We did'nt have any problems on this ship 9other than things were a little hard to find at times).  In fact, I  will be cruising again the early part of next year, but this time with my fiance' and other friends and I'm thinking about sailing on the Destiny again. I have also been on the Victory (2004) and the Legend (2008), both of with were fine. We may like to try another cruise line in the future, like Royal Caribean, just to compare, but I've been happy with Carnival. True, the buffet food was just ok, but hey, its a buffet for ALOT of people! But I thought the dining room food on the Destiny was really good and our waiters were great. I can hardly wait to sail again, no matter what ship we choose. :)

I cruised the Destiny by myself for a much needed break.    The ship was great; the staff were nice and gee whiz...you can't beat the value for every dollar you spend.  I think 99% of the staff do a fantastic job of catering to you. 

This is a nice ship; 99% of the people aboard are there to PARTY (they start serving drinks VERY early).   Grab yourself a seat by the jumbo tron; get a cold drink in your hand and just people watch.   That was half of my fun. 

The food was pretty good.  I will repeat what I have read many times; you are truly cheating yourself if you don't do the dining room.  The service is EXCELLENT there and if you don't care for the plate you ordered; you can order something else (I didn't do this personally but a lady at my table did this EVERY night).

Enjoy your TRAVELS