Never cruise with Carnival!
I have been on quite a few cruises and always felt sad when the cruise was over, and I had to go back to every day’s life. Not this time! Everything bad you could imagine happened on this one, and this was not accidental, it was deliberately caused by the cruise company. But let’s list the topics one at a time.
Embarkation
The cruise policy states that you are ...
We have sailed on over 20 cruises with Carnival over the past 20 years. We are Platinum level. We have a total of over 40 cruises including other cruise lines. This is the first cruise with Carnival in over five years. We did not know what to expect.
Embarkation was as quick. Our check in time was between 1200 and 1230. We got at check-in at 1200 hours. We were sitting in the ship eating by ...
Don’t get on this boat!
We took the kids on Paradise for a relatively last minute cruise (booked 60-ish days out), b/c it was fairly inexpensive and out of Tampa.
We were so disappointed. My husband and I just tried to go with the flow and make the best of the trip but the ship made it nearly impossible.
The sanitation on this boat is HIDEOUS. All of the hand washing stations (not that ...
We always choose Carnival....great price and great value. You get the most bang for the buck.We choose the Paradise because it fit the time frame we had without a lot of $ extras.
This was the 3rd time on the Paradise and it did not disappoint. The beauty of the older ships is what the new ships are missing. The atrium, the glass elevators,the beauty of the showrooms the new ships are lacking. ...
My daughter and I decided to get away from the cold and take a cruise to Cozumel and the Grand Caymans. We got a pretty inexpensive interior room on the Carnival Paradise ship. Unfortunately it was the only one going the week we needed to go, talk about a ship that desperately needs a Rehab!! Everything is outdated and you can see it the minute you get on it, from the decks needing staining to ...
I want to start saying we took this short cruise with family just to relax for a couple of days. We got on the cruise early around 2 pm. walking tours the buffet we noticed a sewer smell but we though it was the Port of Tampa waters. At the buffet to summarized the experience ended up eating a sandwich, this time we though food was snot good because it was port day and they had just gotten there ...
Just a really enjoyable cruise and at a great price.
The food was much better than expected; the entertainment was great; one of the comedians was excellent (the other wasn't - but at least there were 10 or so comedy shows on board); every single member of staff was friendly and amazing how many knew our names; MDR breakfast far better than on NCL, Guy's Burgers hit the spot as does the Mexican ...
My mom case got missing with her needles for her insulin and her jewelry was in there. We searched the room we took everything out our suitcase and under the bed the closet it was no where to be found.. So we reported it. The security came in and he said it was not to far from my mom foot. That’s was real crazy how he found it. After no one could. I seen him place it there. My mom went two days ...
I traveled with my husband on this cruise to celebrate a birthday. We had a porthole cabin which accommodated two, at the most. Upgrades to the Paradise with the 2018 refurbishing now includes an in-drawer hairdryer with an approximate 2' cord, so if you are tall, you might want to consider bringing your own. Also, they have in room "coolers" that don't get cold enough to be called ...
Our friends had planned to go on this cruise and invited us. We have no regrets, the crew were pleasent,helpful,and very friendly. There was always something going on. Day and night. We very much enjoyed your band Paridise band. The music was fantastic, they sang a wide variety of songs,country, rock,oldies, blues no end to what they would sing. They were very friendly band members would ...