Carnival Valor Review

Great Itinerary - Ship Sub-Par

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor
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Green Meenie
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Dec 2014
Cabin: Premium Balcony

First of all, let me describe what kind of people we are. We're laid back people going on a vacation to unwind, relax and have fun so insignificant things don't bother us much. All in all, this was a great cruise mostly because of the many and varied ports of call. They were all great places to visit. The ship itself is an older ship and the layout was a little odd to us as we have cruised on mostly newer ships. The cabin was quite cramped for three people although there was lots of storage space. For some reason, it took forever to complete dinner service every night in the dining room; not sure why as it's never been an issue on other ships we've been on. The only other thing that we found annoying is the aggressive nature of the waiters on the pool deck. They were constantly trying to sell drinks and at times, wouldn't take a simple "no thanks" for an answer. Perhaps it was because there is only one sea day on this cruise which is when most people are buying lots of drinks onboard? The service and food quality was all fine and there was certainly nothing unlivable about the ship. Nightly entertainment was pretty lame though. Mostly the comedy club was the place to be but the comedians we saw weren't that great. Sailing out of San Juan, there's a lot of local people taking this cruise so there's a large Spanish influence involved throughout the cruise. The cruise director was pretty annoying as well for some reason and mostly absent throughout the cruise, which was probably a good thing. All in all, it was a decent ship experience but I doubt I'd want to sail on this [articular ship again out of San Juan.

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Premium Balcony

Cabin was cramped for 3 people to move around in. Lots of storage room but quite narrow compared to other similar cabins we've had on newer Carnival ships.

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