amcg96

I'm doing this itinerary next Sunday and it will be our (DH & I) first time with Carnival. I'll be sincere, we have give this lots of thoughts because of the usual sayings about the crowd and service vs. RCCL. At least from what i've been reading all over CC my enthusiasm level has raise. Hope to share reviews over Thanksgiving week!

Its interesting, we read some great reviews of the sugar train and therefore did not hesitate to book it when we went to the island on our honeymoon cruise. I have to say it was not cheap by any means and we were basically incredibly underwhelmed by the whole thing. I do know that there are lots of people who think its brilliant, and I have no idea what leads some people to think its great and others to think its quite dull but we're a early/mid 30s couple and certainly would not recommend it.

Lonedreamer,

DH and I are going in a couple weeks and in our mid 30's... Something in particular of why not recommending the train,

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We just prefer late dining because it gives us the opportunity to enjoy every minute at each of the ports. We've only been on a cruise and this Oct. will be our second but since we plan on taking many more cruises what had worked for us is:

get to the ship :30min. prior to the last call for each port, go right to the windjammer to get some snacks and hit the pool to see the departure from the islands. Just by that time we do some quick activities around the ship and go to change for the dining. We go to the shows after our meal.