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Carnival Splendor Cruise Reviews

4.0 / 5.0
1,460 reviews
Splendor docked in Cairns
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60th Birthday cruise
"So I decided to do a three day cruise for my 60th Birthday with my friend, overall cruise was good.A women looks soo much better in a costume that compliments her body so a shout out to all you bigger ladies and ladies with respect for themselves...."Read More
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Worst Cruise Ship I have Experienced

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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laurie4651
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Iam a seasoned cruiser that have cruised around Australia and the world over the past 25 years. This cruise ship is the worst that I have experienced. During the cruise I was aware of the lack of hygiene protocols on board and was constantly washing my hands with soap and water when ever possible and also using the hand sanitizer in the buffet and food area. On the second day after arriving home ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Ticked off a few bucket list items

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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SDWretiredandtravelling
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We booked Great Barrier Reef From Sydney leaving in early May 2023, including a 3 night stay in Sydney with Cruise1st in the UK. It was a great price for the basic cabin and flights and would allow us to see Singapore (as a stopover) Sydney & the Great Barrier Reef. This is the fifth cruise we have been on and our first with Carnival. Carnival Splendor is the second largest ship we have been ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


9 Days from Sydney to the Pacific Islands

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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Astro Boy
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

First Cruise on Carnival Splendor since Covid, bit of step back from Celebrity Eclipse few weeks back, but hey the price difference says it all. This was a transferred from a transfer etc from Covid so I was happy Carnival gave us spending money so we could sit back and have some drinks etc. yippie. I think it is easier just to list what I thought was good and not so good. Good - ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Nightmare holiday

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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Cruzfan1984
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

This was our third cruise with carnival. The first two being prior to covid. The boat is like a big floating RSL club. Super understaffed compared to last trips and way over crowded. The line at buffet was 20 minutes , to get pizza or bar service was even worse due to minimal staff. Tender boats have also been reduced to two boats for entire ship to get to the shore, so we waited 5 hours ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Traveled with children


All we could have wanted to relax and have fun

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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Anna-Louise
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

The real stand out were the people, both staff and fellow passengers. The staff were all really friendly and helpful. Also, after a couple of days the passengers had relaxed and it was really nice being amongst so many people who were their best selves. Everyone was chatting with strangers and that doesn’t generally happen in normal life. The food was excellent. In the main dining room we ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Fall Break Cruise

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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rodrig54
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

My wife and I took a nine day cruise up the Australian coast departing from Sydney. Biggest port of call was Cairns and a couple of smaller places in Queensland. My biggest error was selecting a cruise right dab in the middle of a school semester break resulting in hundreds of kids joining us on the cruise. While the ship officially holds about 3100 folks, a couple of times the announced number ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


WAY too overcrowded and chaotic - my worst cruise ever

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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tropicalhols
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We love cruising & trying new cruiselines but this 4 day Easter cruise to Moreton Island has turned me off Carnival Cruiselines. They say they have capacity of 3,012 but kept saying they had over 3,900 onboard - so I reported them & was told they are registered to take 3,948, which they do when filling every bunk and sofa! Problem is the ship is not really made to cater for about 4,000 ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Don't buy an Apple Watch on the Cruise!

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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MPPP
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Our experience with Carnival was very good, that's why we decided to go on 10 Days cruise around Pacific Islands - march 2023. Cabin, food, restaurants, was all as we would remember from the previous experience. Entertaiment, however - very poor, nothing good, boring and cheap. We purchased an apple watch (another remainder to ourselves - not to buy staff like this on the ...
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Sail Date: March 2023


AMAZING CRUISE! Thank You Carnival!

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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Carnival_Splendor45
10+ Cruises • Age 30s

We originally booked this cruise back in 2019, but it got cancelled because of the pandemic. We booked again but our cruise got cancelled 3 more times. Finally, we were able to take this cruise from Sydney, Australia. The first thing I noticed when boarding is the ship is VERY pink. But that didn't bother me, I thought it added to the experience. You enter the ship via the massive, breathtaking ...
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Sail Date: March 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with children


60th Birthday cruise

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Splendor

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mermaid69
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

So I decided to do a three day cruise for my 60th Birthday with my friend, overall cruise was good. Staff in the dining area were very good so was the food and most staff friendly. We were in a spa Balcony and enjoyed the perks very much, variety of food in the Lido was minimal but the pizza was amazing, our cabin 1016 was clean and tidy although cabins are cleaned once a day only. TV was so ...
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Sail Date: February 2023

Cabin Type: Cloud 9 Spa Balcony


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