My Stateroom attendant Tony and Dining room Gusti Waiter was the best, I looked forward to seeing them everyday. They made my experience great. Although the food was not the best, i quickly learned to order over easy, hard fried or boiled eggs to get good ones. The scrambled eggs are horrible. on Lido, the pizza is horrible. Missing so many items I'm use to. The drinks were very watered down. ...
I have been on 3 different cruise lines with no complaints. This cruise Carnival Freedom was HORRIBLE... the hallways always smelled like poop, people were vaping and security did nothing. 2nd day on the cruise, I went to the buffet area at lunch and was told "we are closed". I was confused as I had just made a 20 min line. The food was there they just didn't want to continue to serve. I had to ...
This was my 3rd cruise with carnival, it was a matter of timing, budget and location. The staff was great especially erin. the only complaint for staff would be one cook at blue iguana...more to come on that. highlights would simply be alaska itself. this was my first ever visit there.....awe inspiring. especially the glacier tour at tracy fjord. and the fact that the area had rain for weeks ...
We had an 8 person family group going to Bermuda for the first time. The boarding in Manhattan was a total disaster. We arrived 5 minutes before our scheduled block of time to get on the ship and were directed to a never ending line outside the building. We waited for over 2 hours on the dock walking on piles of pigeon droppings with no explanation from anyone what was going on. Finally one of ...
The Cabin Stewart's and Dinning/Ledo Deck Buffet Workers Beyond Great workers.
The Cabin was very small but served the purpose and the Cabin Stewart's worker were Great.
The Dining staff was also Great too.
As for the Dining Room BBQ Ribs and the Short Ribs were fantastic, they melted like butter in your mouth and perfectly cooked.
The Cruise Director was very disappointing. Was ...
We choose a cruise out of Charleston so we did not have to fly to get to the port. We had sailed on another Carnival ship out of Charleston prior to Covid. We knew this was not a newer ship, but it was convenient. We opted for the aft facing suite which we've not had before. Bad idea! There were two rooms, one of which was practically useless except for the desk. The balcony was smaller than ...
First, the food was definitely better than I expected. Being an old ship, the crew was great at keeping it clean. Our room steward (Miriam) was one of the best we ever had. We greatly enjoyed the Piano bar with Giovanni . The cruise itself was far better than expectations. They had lots of entertainment going on all day and night. We would of liked to stay in Key West a little longer because ...
Just back from a 5-day Galveston to Costa Maya and Cozumel.
Doing the homework is necessary, especially if you are a newbie cruiser. I've done 5 cruises across the cruise lines (mainly Carnival) and still did the homework, as it had been a while.
Pros and cons in no particular order...forgive the rambling-Long post to follow:
Get to town the day before!! I think it gets said plenty, but ...
My Wife and I cruised on the Glory Aug. 14-21, 2022. We had a fun week. As we get older we look at different parts of a cruise that make it fun. This cruise we didn't attend any Shows in the Amber Lounge and we normally see them all. We didn't play Bingo at all. My wife spends a little time in the casino and she enjoyed that. I put my $25 free play in the $1 machine and it lasted 31 pops. I was ...
We have sailed on over 20 cruises with Carnival over the past 20 years. We are Platinum level. We have a total of over 40 cruises including other cruise lines. This is the first cruise with Carnival in over five years. We did not know what to expect.
Embarkation was as quick. Our check in time was between 1200 and 1230. We got at check-in at 1200 hours. We were sitting in the ship eating by ...