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I second the Paradise. We just did a 4 night on her earlier this month and it was fantastic. Great service, great food, excellent Fun Squad staff. Tampa is an easy in/out port as well. If you’re driving in, pay the extra $20 to do valet parking.

Just off the Paradise on Monday. The wife and I each ordered the NY Strip off the Steakhouse Selections menu, and it was *fantastic*. The Paradise had some of the best dining room food I’ve had on a cruise ship in years, and we were on the Celebration last May. The wait staff on the Paradise was excellent as well. Ask for Lawrence if you’re sailing on Paradise.

Just got off the Paradise this morning. Extremely easy. The staff had the process down. We were off the ship before 9am.

Can't beat the atmosphere at Sharky's. I think the food at Dockside is better, but the wife likes the bar service at Sharky's. Sharky's also throws a great NYE party.

I live in Venice, and the beaches have been pretty nice for the last 2 weeks or so. We've been out to watch the sunset a few times and were pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. Seems like the last front that came through really helped.

The Intercontinental Doral has a park and cruise package. Up to 14 days of parking and a $25 Uber gift card to help pay for transportation to the port. Total for our cruise in May is a little over $300.

Not a free shuttle, per se, but the Intercontinental Doral has a park and cruise package that gets you 14 days of parking and a $25 Uber gift card to help pay for transportation to the port. I booked the package for our May 14th Celebration cruise for $323 total. Rooms with the package can be had for less, I paid a little more for an upgrade.

We're on the Celebration leaving May 14th. Just grabbed a room for $323. Thanks for the tip!

We just upgraded from a regular interior to a Havana interior on our May 14th Celebration cruise. The upgrade we were offered was from Interior to Interior(higher deck), Cloud 9 Spa interior, or Havana interior. We took the Havana interior because we liked the extra access to the bar and pool in the Havana area. It came to my email and was in the "Manage My Booking" section on Carnival's website. After reading this thread I've got my fingers crossed for a last minute phone call in the spring offering a balcony upgrade, lol. EDIT: We booked in November, got the upgrade offer a week or two ago, a little over 100 days from embarkation.