Frank: How do you find on cruise critic the specific problem with deck 6? Tried a search but would not come up, can you help.........

vittoria: Just search on "noise deck 6" on the Carnival forum.

Here's an example of what one poster said:

I just returned from the Med cruise on The Liberty and wanted to post a "noise alert" announcement for anyone whose cabin is located mid-ship on the 6th floor.

I was in cabin 6365 which was located just above the area that was directly in the passageway right outside the casino on the 5th deck. Was I surpirsed my first night on the ship to discover that I paid all this money to, what was like, sleeping in the middle of the disco. My room shook from the noice and the BOOM BOOM vibrations of the speaker system, and the loud clapping, stomping, and laughing of guests listeining to the singer. When I complained to the pursers office, I was told "let's wait until 1:00 a.m. and see what transpires. If it doesn't stop by then, we'll send someone around to tell them to lower the music" (quote/unquote). My neighbor across the hall was standing in the hallway in her robe and curlers yelling "what the hell is going on", with other 6th floor travelers opening their cabin doors with stunned expressions on their faces trying to figure out if the band was playing in the hallway outside their cabin door.

Folks...I'm not exagerating! If you need your sleep, have your room change NOW. You will be touring 8-10 hours a day and getting up at the crack of dawn to catch the bus for the next day's excursions. After a few days it can get exhausting, so a good night's sleep will play a key role in you enjoying your trip. Believe me, you won't regret it, because the purser's office didn't seem to give a darn if we couldn't sleep. They got their money, so to heck with us!

Thank you all for responding! I am so glad that you found me out there. I will take in all of the information that you have given. Although I've spent a lot of time on other web sites researching, I always like to hear from the Fodors crowd!

I was very interested to read all the comments about Liberty. We are four older Aussies who are booked for a cruise in June - it seems we will definitely be in the minority group among all you Americans!! Go for it we love you and we are very excited about our cruise. Looking forward to meeting some of you among the 3000+ passengers!! SK

Well back at ya! When we were in Fiji some yrs. back we had a blast meeting so many Aussies and Kiwis as well. G'day! :-)Wish I was cruising with you. Have a good one. Larry :-)

We sailed on the Liberty on her second week maiden voyage in Aug. It was our first cruise and after reading some not so good reviews about Carnival, I was a little apprehensive.

I am happy to report we had a great time and a vacation I will never forget. Our cabin was beautiful. We stayed on the 7th floor midship, outside suite, balcony. I thought I would really enjoy that balcony, but sat very little out there. It WAS fun arriving in Venice in the afternoon and standing out on the balcony enjoying a spectacular view.

We booked a lot of excursions with no problems, except for one. The time had changed and we, plus 2 more families did not get the announcement. We missed our excursion and we had to go on another one. We had the option of joining our group later in the day, but we decided to stay with the group that took us in. However, Carnival refunded all of our money on this excursion which was pricey. We also went on our own with a private driver. I hear that is risky, but we never had a problem. The drivers waiting at port may not speak English, but they know how to communicate with you and we never felt ripped off. In fact they always took us to great places and seemed like they enjoyed what they were doing.

The food was so so.....the main dining room food presentation was very good, but the food did not quite live up to my expectations. Probably because food had been built up so much to me that I was expecting something extraordinary. I live in a city that has fantastic food so I'm a bit more hard to please in that category.

We had two incidents happen on this cruise. A honeymoon couple went off on their own in Croatia searching for a waterfall. They rented a car (bad idea) and the car broke down in the middle of nowhere. By the time they got back to port...the ship had left. The story goes they met us back in Venice $3,000 lighter. I have no idea if that story is true, just the one that was circulating around the ship. The other happened one evening as we were leaving Venice ( I think it was Venice...not sure now) A man had a very serious heart attack. The ship turned around and headed back to Venice. All was handled very professional.

I would say if there is any downside to this ship.....it would be the SIZE. It is tough traveling with that many people, but not as bad as I feared. Carnival really knows how to handle mass amounts of people. I would say the only thing that would irritate me would be passing a kid on my way to the inth ice cream machine (because they tend to stay empty)and this kid has a vanilla ice cream cone spiraled up past his head. No wonder they stay empty...lol.

As large as this ship is, it still rocks at times. We had a couple of really rocky nights. Very nearly slid off my barstool a few times. Good thing I had a slot machine in front of me to brace my feet against. Ha!

Every staff member I met was delightful! I wish I could remember their names. Our steward kept a very watchful eye on our cabin. It was cleaned as soon as we stepped out and cleaned again while we were dining in the evening.

My favorite ports were Croatia (really enjoyed the Delta Wetlands excursion)...Sicily (we hired a driver that took us to Taormina. I would also reccomend going to the Montserrat Monestary while in Barcelona. Very beautiful scenery.

Gosh I didn't mean to rattle on, but this was truely a very wonderful experience and I think you'll enjoy this cruise very much. The itinerary is fabulous.

We are going back on a different cruise next Sept on Holland America but this one will tour the Greek Isles along with my two favs...Sicily and Croatia.

Its good to hear you had such a wonderful time. Have you considered posting a review on cruisecritic? Cheers, Larry

No I haven't, Larry. I have read and enjoyed many reviews, but I don't have the confidence to do one myself. I tend to forget a lot of details and hit on the highlights.....then as I get into the memories.....well, I just go on and on....I figured I would lose my audience...hehe.....I can say this with confidence....this one cruise made us cruisemates for life. My husband and I really took to this and I might add that my husband is an extreme clautrophobic which is why we haven't tried cruising before. Much to my husbands delight, our cabin was plenty big enough. I believe it was 340 sq ft. Thank you for your confidence, Larry. I may take a peek at Cruise Critics and stick my big toe in to test the waters.....sincerely, Theo

I agree. Cruising can be very attractive. And I think you would make a fine reviewer! Cheers, Larry