Carnival Imagination

Orginally posted by : Lisa Ann Rogers

We cruised on the Carnival Imagination in July 2006. We wanted to get
away for a few days and got a great price on this last minute cruise.
The cruise was 5 days embarking from Miami going to Grand Cayman Island
and Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

Embarkation was smooth and easy. We were on the ship in less than 30
minutes. Imagination is a Fantasy class ship, one of Carnival’s
smaller ships, but large enough to have a great cruise. After dropping
off our carry-on luggage in our cabin, we headed to the lido deck for
lunch. Our cabin was an outside on the Main Deck. It had plenty
of room, but the carpet was worn and badly needed replaced. Other
than that, the cabin was great. Our lunch on Lido deck was very
good with plenty of choices. We had to also sample Carnival’s
pizza. Carnival has the best pizza and you can get it 24/7.!!

Since we had cruised several times with Carnival and this class of
ship in the past, we found our way around easily. Our dining room
assignment was at a table for 6. Our tablemates were nice and we
enjoyed talking with them.

Our first full day of cruising was a sea day. We spent the day
relaxing, eating, walking, and watching. We ate breakfast in
the formal dining room, lunch at the buffet, and dinner in the
formal dining room. All the food during the cruise was very good.
Some dishes better than others. But, for the most part the food
was great. Our dining room servers were attentive and polite.

Our first port of call was Grand Cayman. We tendered from the
ship to the island. The harbor is so beautiful with many ships
large and small to admire. We walked around Georgetown, had a
tropical drink, and did some snorkeling off the shoreline.

The next day we docked at Ocho Rios. It was nice to have a pier
and not be tendered. We decided to walk over to the Island Shopping
area close to the pier. We looked around and then visited Jimmy
Buffet’s Margaritaville. We had some drinks, swam in the pool,
and “the bird man” made us a little bird from some tropical leaves.
We had a great time.

Carnival Imagination has a unique decor. Each area appears to be
from someones wildest imagination.! Colors are bright and a lot
of reflective materials are used. We attended 2 of the Broadway
type shows, which were good. We also, listened to a comedian.

All in all Carnival Imagination gave us a great vacation for not
a lot of money. The ship may not be the biggest and fanciest,
but the food, service, and shows were well worth the money. I
would recommend this ship for a relaxing, simple vacation.