Carnival Vista Review

Great ship for a port intensive vacation

Review for Europe Cruise on Carnival Vista
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CRUISEWITHMYKIDS
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2016
Traveled with children

We chose this cruise due to the itinerary. We love the itinerary and we love the ports. We primarily use the ship as a place to sleep at night after having toured all day. Embarkation was fast and easy. Carnival has larger room and our room was just as promised. We had anytime dining and had wonderful servers. We ate with them every night of the cruise. Borislav and Edris worked extremely hard make our meals great and they accomplished their mission. All of the staff on the ship seemed very happy and content. The food was very decent in the dining room and on the Lido deck the buffet was exactly the same as on every other shop. We really enjoyed the bagels and lox from the deli on the Lido deck. The ship was clean and well-kept. The entertainment on board it was terrible. The production shows look amateurish. The liquid lounge where the production shows are seems to have been an afterthought after the ship had been built. The removable seats were ridiculous to watch the show and the seats. On the second level of the theater word normal seats. However many of the seats had polls blocking them prohibiting guests to view the show. The performers brought on board were very mediocre two of them said the same joke that they were the best they could get in their price range. We were very dissatisfied with the shore excursions through carnival We found that the tour guides were less than enthusiastic We booked two tours through carnival and three tours privately . We were only on board for three Sea days. On the third seed day I got up to the sundeck at 5:50 AM. At that time I was only able to get one deck chair. The crew surveyed open deck chairs and people did have their belongings removed after 30 minutes. Unfortunately this resulted in some angry passengers. Unlike other cruise ships there were no bartenders walking around taking drink orders on the Lido deck. We would definitely take the ship again on another port intensive journey. We would not take the ship on a vacation to enjoy Sea days

Cabin Review

Cabin Balcony floor 2

The cabin was exactly as promised by carnival. The Carnival cabins are larger than most other cruise cabins. Our cabin was well-maintained. The location of the cabin was great it was very quiet and midship

Port Reviews

Marseille

We went for a ride on lock Petit train and they gave us a great overview of Marseille

Kochi (Cochin)

We took a cab to town and then went to the beach we had a great day

Sardinia

This was the only port that we did not fall in love with we went to the beach and then walked around town

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