Carnival Splendor Review

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Exceeded Expectations

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Splendor
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sarj04
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Apr 2016
Cabin: Cloud 9 Spa Balcony

Overall, this was a great week that exceeded our expectations. I’ll break this down into a few categories:

BACKGROUND: My GF and I are 25-30, fairly experienced travelers. I have cruised with Carnival, HAL, and Celebrity multiple times, also with RCCL and NCL. This was her first cruise. I was initially skeptical of the Splendor (and with returning to Carnival) after mounting negative reviews on CruiseCritic as well as some initial disappointment over the lack of post-dry dock additions. We selected this cruise 100% based on the ports.

ARRIVAL: We flew in early the day before for a nice pre-cruise stay at the Delano in South Beach. It’s a nice, but expensive hotel that epitomizes South Beach. I mainly include this section to advise everyone with pre or post cruise activities in Miami to stay away from “Jet Ski Tours of Miami.” We had a disastrous tour with them in which our craft ran out of gas (when we warned our guide about the fuel alarm before the tour), were left stranded in a storm in Biscayne Bay, and then got yelled at by the manager for inquiring about a refund and “disrespecting his day off.” The story becomes more appalling, but just stay away from that tour operation.

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Cloud 9 Spa Balcony

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