Carnival Cruise Line

MS Carnival Destiny

Take one of the eighteen elevators and start your tour on Lobby Deck, deck 3. Sooner or later, if not within your first fifteen minutes on board, you will find yourself somewhere on this deck. So go forward and have a look at the Palladium...it's the ship's show lounge (all of it is a non-smoking area), and it soars three decks high. Never mind that its 1,500 seats is actually one third the seating capacity of New York's Metropolitan Opera House.. keep in mind that the Palladium, like the Met, has a revolving stage and production shows that you'll see here certainly give any shore-side theater a run for the money. And need we remind you that Carnival's musicians and sound systems are unrivaled. Well, since it's probably daylight while you are having your first look around this extraordinary vessel, whose interiors are really shown to best advantage at night....because during daylight hours, most people prefer to lie in a deck chair, sawing ZZZZZZs and catching rays while the liner is at sea...or to be ashore during daylight port calls....you're going to have to do this tour for yourself. Meanwhile, before you have the chance to come back and see how this beauty looks under the stars, start your tour midships on Lobby Deck.It's called Flagship Hall, with its Flagship Bar, but we will always think of it as the lobby bar. Located on the lowest level of the Rotunda, one of the best places to perch and watch people is from any barstool here.

There are ten bars onboard, from the easy to spot Flagship Bar to the 1930's inspired Onyx Bar....also a cigar club...to the Cheers Wine Bar, you can get strong drink from 9am through 4am somewhere on board this magnificent liner. The Stellar and the Solar Bars are both swim-up, and both are open very late. Cabaret fans are always drawn to the Apollo Bar at night...a small room, it features entertainment by a talented pianist. This room may be the perfect spot for a budding romance. Where you will rarely find either of us is in the Criterion Lounge...though it's a beautiful room, its resident musicians are well versed in the two kinds of music Goldberg just cannot abide....country AND western! And we're not much for gambling, but we think there are 1000 slot machines in the casino....no we lie, we think the real number is 322....anyway, would you be surprised to learn that this was, if not still IS the largest casino afloat. Gaming tables...you name it, they've got it...21, craps, roulette and every now and then a few other specialty games. And if you work up a thirst while in the casino, there's a different bar at either end. Teens seem to be captivated by the electronic gewgaws in their club, the Virtual World. The childrens club, Camp Carnival, has a wide variety of activities for kids, not to mention special children's menus and a "Fountain Fun Card" godd for unlimited soft drink purchases during the cruise....provided you are under 21 years old. There is also nightly baby sitting services, from 10pm to 3am, at a moderate cost. Everyone really is well looked after on this ship. You may notice that Goldberg doesn't drink and he doesn't gamble...He likes a nice cabin and he likes to work out, and he likes to shop almost as much as he likes to eat....and he likes the arrangements and layouts of the DESTINY's shops, unobtrusively flanking the Rotunda on Deck 5. No in your face shopping here, we're glad to say.

The disco has 677 video screens and we hope you are paying attention because every now and again, you are the star. The sound and light show Carnival puts on in the Point After Club is little short of spectacular. And that's not all of the public rooms....there is so much to this ship, you are just going to have to take a trip in her and see for yourselves.

Time spent outdoors....fun in the sun, we've heard it said....the CARNIVAL DESTINY is sure to impress you with the most amazing tiered outdoor entertainment complex so far fitted onto a ship. It spans four decks and includes four swimming pools, seven whirlpools, two swim up bars, and of course, that Carnival favorite, a spiral water slide.....this one is 200 feet long.