Carnival Paradise Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Paradise
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suegab
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2010

we didn't have a great experience on this ship for many reasons. first of all we were expecting our GPS to find the port of long beach. it didn't. so we got lost in long beach. we called Carnival to ask them the address of where exactly their ship was, since we were leaving in just a few hours. well, the lady put me on hold, told me she couldn't get into her computer, didn't know the address. how can you not know the address of the los angeles/long beach port? this is your company, this is a major city. after waiting 5 minutes on hold or so..we hung up. mind you we are sitting on some side street in long beach. we called up a random travel agent and told him we were desperate..he said..'oh its right next to the Queen Mary'. well the GPS found that. next ..the cabin we had, had the life jackets in this square box thing that was built in. it was situated in the corner. so to get to the left side of the bed, you had to climb over the bed because of this box. stupid designing. the food in the buffet sucks. lukewarm. last cruise we took with Carnival..same thing. really average food at the buffet. Wine package all screwed up. didn't have the woodbridge white zin.so they gave me beringer. didn't have the pinot grigio..said they might get it the second night of the cruise..and that they were still busy 'unpacking' huh? then the last night they still didn't have the wine. the hostess came over with a lame excuse claiming it was a problem with cargo and shipping or something..and it 'wasn't our fault' never was an equivalent pinot grigio offered. i picked this package because of the price, and because of the pinot grigio. the entertainment was OK. all in all Royal Caribbean a much better line. food and service much much better . would never said Carnival again. oh and on top of it all..there was some sort of crime scene on the ship where one of the corridors to the rooms were blocked off, the coast guard was involved and there were people dusting for fingerprints and looking for stuff in a cabin.

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we were in cabin 223 on the main deck. really far away from everything. and that

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