Carnival Valor Review

Carnival Valor - Eastern Caribbean

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor

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Sail Date: Feb 2005
Cabin: Interior

This was our fourth cruise and second with Carnival. The others were on Celebrity and Royal Caribbean. Three reasons why we came back to Carnival. 1. Our first experience on the Paradise was great, 2)We booked at at tremendous value, 3)the Valor being a brand new ship.

The ship is very nice but lacks in certain areas; mainly in traffic flow. I found it very difficult to get around the ship....too many stairs and elevators rides. Even after a week I found myself still looking at the deck map to get around. The equipment in the gym was not adequate for the number of passengers. I found myself waiting up to 30 minutes to use some of the equipment. What was frustrating was several off duty cruise staff was on the machines for most of that time.

The major problem we experienced was with the location of our room. Unlike our other cruises we did not go with a selected room. This was a major mistake. Our room 2411 was directly underneath the galley and right next to an electrical service area. Why the ship designers ever put guest rooms underneath such a high traffic area as the galley is mind boggling. The first two nights were got very little sleep; after that we resorted to sleeping agents to get us through the night. The constant noise of moving carts, banging, clanging, even the pounding on pipes was unbelievable. We complained nightly about the noise and asked what could be done. Security came by once, listened and told us they would investigate. Obviously, work in the galley goes on 24/7. Even with all of our complaints what could be done? In my opinion the design is a major flaw. Up until a week before sailing the cruise was not booked out. However, upon arrival we found out that it had been sold out to last minute employees. I can't imagine we have been the first guests to complain about the noise in this room. If this is an ongoing problem they should wait on giving this room to a guest and give it to an employee.

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Interior

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