Carnival Valor Review

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Carnival Valor - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor
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kebhouse
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Mar 2007
Cabin: Interior

I just returned from the March 18th sailing of the Valor. I thoroughly enjoyed the cruise and highly recommend it. Embarkation: This went rather smoothly. We flew into Ft. Lauderdale the morning of. Our friends we were cruising with picked us up in a rental car. We had lunch downtown in Miami and then returned the rental car (Hertz) and took their shuttle to the port. We got there between 2 and 3 and we didn't have to wait in any line for more 2 minutes. We got our cards and went to the room with no problems.

Cabin: We had interior staterooms on the Empress Deck (7) midship. I highly recommend this location. Its only 2 decks below lido and two decks above the promenade, so everything was very easy to get to and we didn't have to wait on elevators if the lines were long. The room was comfortable and pretty quite. Occasionally we would hear people in the rooms next to us, but not always. occasionally our friends in the room next to us would yell to us and we wouldn't hear them. Our steward, Song, was excellent. The room was always clean and the ice bucket full. Whenever we saw him in the hall, he would ask if we needed anything and inquire how our day was. :) Our only complaint regarding the room was that by day 6 the toilets started to get smelly. I guess that's the nature of the beast though.

Entertainment: The shows were ok and very cheesy. We only went to the Vegas style shows and one of the comedians. One show involved a talking couch....The dancers could stand a little more practice. Dancing in unison really wasn't their strongsuit. ;) Chris, the new cruise director, was excellent though and kept things entertaining. One night a headliner was too sick to perform, so Chris did a couple of songs for us. He's not the world's best singer, but it was enjoyable. This ended up being pretty long, but I tried to covers some things that I hadn't read in other reviews.

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