Carnival Imagination Review

Sadly Slipping

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10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2015
Cabin: Ocean View

I have been on two previous Carnival Cruises, one of them was also on the Imagination. From those two cruises to this one there has been a huge decline in many aspects of the Carnival Cruise experience.

Embarkation at least for time we arrived around Noon, was somewhere they did a great job, the line was not super long and moved quickly and we went right from the check- in to board the ship.

The dining room service was more coffee shop than fine dining and the service took nearly 2 1/2 hour (we had 5:45 dinner seating and were late getting to the 8:15 show. Our servers were great but staffing has obviously been reduced. We received one fork, which was returned to the table between courses, (1 fork for appetizer, salad, and entree, seriously). The food was OK, not great just OK. Desserts not so great, except the molten chocolate cake which I think is excellent, it is too rich for some people, but I really like it. The Creme Brule was also good. The selection was not the caliber of past cruises and obviously they want you to buy the up-charge steak house offerings. As far as the buffet line, the buffet choices were the most limited I have ever seen on a cruise ship. There were however additional choices, such as the Asian wok, Hamburger/Hot dogs, sandwich bar, Pizza bar near or in the buffet area.

Cabin Review

Ocean View

Cabin 6D

The room was comfortable and roomy, there was plenty of closet space and storage for our 3 night cruise. The shower was decent sized and the bathroom was laid out well which helped it not feel too cramped. The room steward and his assistant did a good job of taking care of our room. We didn't see much of them but our room was always cleaned or beds turned down as expected. I felt our room was well located and quiet without a lot of traffic with the exception of the last night when some of our neighbors seemed to be having a party in the hall at about 2 AM.

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