The family took a cruise over Thanksgiving from Charleston, SC on board the Carnival Fantasy. We were told by a nice lady at the 800 number that we were allowed to bring 1 bottle of wine per adult over the age of 21 so I took this advice and packed a bottle of wine for me and one for my wife. When the bags arrived at our room we discovered that they took all of our wine and left us a note indicating that we could pick up the wine at the end of the cruise. So much for good customer service! We were so rushed to leave at the end of the cruise that I forgot to go to pick up the wine. I am picturing some of the crew chugging my very nice expensive bottle of Chappellet wine and having no idea what they are drinking.
We stayed in cabin E161 which is on level 7 on the Empress deck. I have five in my family and we all fit but it was very close quarters. There was one king sized bed, two twin uppers that pulled out of the wall and one trundle bed on the floor. The bathroom was very small and smelled of urine- not so appealing.
The thing that was really annoying about the room was some machinery on the other side of the wall that ran during the night. It kept me awake for the first two nights with the drone- it almost sounded like a washing machine. I asked the nice Indonesian man who looked after our room what was on the other side of the wall of our interior cabin and he indicated that it was an air conditioning system. I would recommend not staying in E161 for this reason- especially if you are a light sleeper.
