The food was terrible. The dining room food was cold, improperly cooked, or simply tasted terrible. I apologized to the people at the table for telling the to try frog legs when they came out in a grease filled dish ...

Sail Date December 2014

aussiegail

1 Review Written

Cruise itenary change -Jan 30 2014

Carnival Spirit

South America

Thought to write a review on our second trip on this boat to Vanuatu and Noumea on Jan 30th 2014.This 11 night trip only provided one of the stops we were hoping for out of 5 as there was rough weather off some ...

Sail Date January 2014

LZorroTheFox

2 Reviews Written

Great value on the Carnival Splendor!

Carnival Splendor

South America

We were attracted to this cruise by both the price and the itinerary. We had never taken a cruise down the West coast of South America, and this seemed like a a great opportunity. Although the ship was going all the ...

Sail Date February 2013

ehogan

24 Reviews Written

29 Helpful Votes

What I expected with some added negatives

Carnival Splendor

South America

We did all three legs of this cruise because of the itinerary and the reasonable cost. We felt that it was an opportunity not to be missed and were also attracted to the fact that we would be embarking and ...

Sail Date February 2013

delds

1 Review Written

Carnival Splendor - South America - Issues

Carnival Splendor

South America

Took the 48 day (3 back to back legs) around south America starting in Long beach California on February 3 and ending in New York City on March 2. (my points may be out of order as they happened on the cruise) ...

Sail Date February 2013

Ocean Dancer

2 Reviews Written

6 Helpful Votes

South American Splendor

Carnival Splendor

South America

We flew non-stop across "our" beautiful country two days before we set sail to have breathing room in case of bad weather, delays, etc. Nothing was going to hamper this once in a life time adventure. We flew South ...

Sail Date February 2013

wack001

26 Reviews Written

10 Helpful Votes

Another bucklist check

Carnival Splendor

South America

My 27th cruise and the 6th on a Carnival ship: My group comprised 7 adults: 3 married couples (55-62 yrs) and an active single 60+ lady. I selected this ship because I loved the itinerary and it was a trip I have ...

Sail Date February 2013

dasreiseteam

3 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

Very disappointing

Carnival Splendor

South America

We arrived at the pier in Long Beach at 12.00 pm. The private shuttle driver was told to unload our luggage in an area in the back where the only person in charge asked for a tip to take care of it. At 12.10 pm we ...

Sail Date February 2013

cruiselover55555

2 Reviews Written

24 Helpful Votes

Carnival Splendor Chaos

Carnival Splendor

South America

I have taken 76 cruises and have never been on a bad one, some are better than others of course. This one was pretty bad from start to finish. I booked this one for the itinerary, Long Beach to Buenos Aires, two ...

Sail Date February 2013

dlstravels

1 Review Written

Our First South America Cruise

Carnival Splendor

South America

The Ports we visited where great. The Splendor was run by a bunch of kids that really didn't seem to know what they were doing. We departed Los Angeles over four hours late after waiting in line for hours. Of course ...

Sail Date February 2013

mikewrit

4 Reviews Written

1 Helpful Vote

Low expectations easily surpassed

Carnival Splendor

South America

Carnival offered a terrific deal for its Splendor repositioning cruise from the Mexican Riviera run to New York. We bit even though we knew the Splendor had a troubled past and some bad reviews. After signing up, we ...

Sail Date February 2013

tangoman1129

1 Review Written

A great cruise with some problems

Carnival Splendor

South America

Carnival Long Beach to Santiago Chile leg 1. I just read the first review on this cruise, and was wondering if i was on the same ship. we found the cruise, with the exception of the embarkation disaster, extremely ...

Sail Date February 2013

MonocacyCruiser

2 Reviews Written

1 Helpful Vote

Bad times on the Carnival Splendor

Carnival Splendor

South America

This is a review of the first leg of a three-leg cruise from Long Beach to New York City. This was my second cruise with Carnival since 1996, my Barcelona-Roundtrip cruise in October of 2012 was a very good ...

Sail Date February 2013

texcarol

1 Review Written

Ready To Go Again!

Carnival Elation

South America

I'm single & was wanting a budget friendly vacation with some girlfriends. We booked with Carnival Elation for July 2012. I cant think of anything negative to say. Ive never traveled outside the U.S., or been on a ...

Sail Date July 2012

RetiredtoCruise

1 Review Written

The Splendor was my home for 49 days.

Carnival Splendor

South America

WOW what a wonderful experience. We were 49 days on The Carnival Splendor from Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco around Cape Horn. I would turn around and do it all again today if I could. Carnival truly out did ...

Sail Date January 2009

kislips007

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Cruise from Hell

Carnival Splendor

South America

I will never cruise on Carnival again! This was my 56th cruise, 8th on Carnival. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. Illness, running out of food staples, to misinformation provided by the crew-it all ...

Sail Date January 2009

canadiancruiselovers

1 Review Written

Around The Horn on a Honeymoon

Carnival Splendor

South America

The Ship...Exterior. Beautiful. Very stable, and maneuvers easily in tight spots, as we have witnessed in some ports. The outside deck plans were user-friendly with one minor exception. Would have been nice to ...

Sail Date January 2009

libby10205

2 Reviews Written

Splendid Cape Horn Experience

Carnival Splendor

South America

My favorite part of the trip was visiting the ports, even the museums. My favorite port was Puerto Montt and seeing the Chilean horses. Next I liked walking among the penguins in Puerto Madryn. This cruise was a one ...

Sail Date January 2009

barante

3 Reviews Written

Carnival Splendor in Southern Hemisphere

Carnival Splendor

South America

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Some people may have found this cruise memorable because it had one nightmarish embarkation, complete with an unidentified security breach - most probably a bomb threat - that closed the Port of ...

Sail Date January 2009