Now we know why Carnival was described as the "Walmart" of all cruise lines. If you like throwing yourself into crowds of loud, obnoxious, unpolished people; then this cruiseline is for you! With almost thirty different places for food and beverage service, only a handful are worth acknowledging. Tacky entertainment to the point of embarrassment, and mediocre at best food and shopping, this ...
Boarding the boat with priority boarding didn't happen. Mass amounts of people and rooms not ready. Didn't have enough seating at lunch in the market place after every one boarded. For being a new boat. the lack of air conditioning [or keeping the hot air out] in the Market Place was very uncomfortable eating conditions. Our cabin not being ready when promised, and the when we gain access 1 ...
This is my 28 cruise. Seven of them had been with Carnival and had excellent experience with them but with this one the only good thing about it was the intinerary (Turk & Caicos, La Romana, Curacao & Aruba). My review is according to my experience. Embarkation was long and very disorganized. The Market buffet was rediculous long lines all the time to get something to eat (breakfast and lunch) and ...
We chose Carnival to participate in a family reunion. We have previously travelled with Royal Caribbean and thoroughly enjoyed our experience with the RC Cruise line company. There was only one thing lacking; the "party" aspect. We were told we would get all Royal had to offer and more so we decided to go. What a mistake. Carnival gave us the "party" aspect alright, Frat Party. To start, the ...
We chose this cruise because we had never been on a southern Caribbean cruise previously. It was with serious caution that we booked on Carnival having less than ideal experiences on our first cruise which was on Carnival Liberty. We are married couple with a 10-year-old child and took this cruise because it fit within our schedule and was visiting ports we have ever been to.
The cabin and the ...
I would say this is my least favorite ship that I have been on with Carnival. We took our boys on the 8 days Southern cruise because we really enjoy the ports on this trip. The ports were absolutely amazing. Grand Turk is changing so much we probably will make that a boat day whenever we visit there again. The Vista itself however was so disappointing. There just were not enough crew members ...
This was our 5th or 6th Carnival cruise, but definitely our last. The last 2 or 3 Carnival cruises we took, we noticed a definite decline in several aspects of the cruise experience in regards to food quality, drink quality, and service. This cruise was a new low.The ship itself was fine, pretty average. Staterooms the same. On this cruise though, we made the mistake of going during spring break. ...
Chose cruise for ports of call. I wanted to like this ship. I wanted to like Carnival (I've only sailed on Royal Caribbean). The ship wasn't exactly clean and a little 'beat up' for a newer vessel.
For the first time, my luggage was lost. I was instructed to go to customer service and try to find it. It was there. Here's a thought: when your Carnival tag gets torn off in transit, try ...
They called this their "flagship". The food was horrible! Not ONE meal was anything above average. The "prime" rib was anything but.... The filet mignon tasted like a sirloin cut in a round puck...the shrimp cocktail was cocktail shrimp...far from jumbo...lobster tails were tiny and tasteless. On deck..there were more cushions with rips and tears than not. The crew did NOTHING to enforce their ...
I choose this cruise to see if Carnival upped the game with their new ship the Vista, since I read so much about it. The ONLY asset the Vista has is Matt the cruise director. He was entertaining, engaging, pleasant and made everyone feel like family. Our cabin was dirty upon arrival. It took an hour just to get into terminal D building, embarkation was a nightmare!!!! I asked our steward the first ...