Carnival Valor Review

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Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor

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Sail Date: May 2008
Cabin: Balcony

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What a nightmare. We arrived at the port around 1:15 to find an already extensive line all the way up to the door. We immediately noticed that the ship wasn't docked in Carnival's beautiful new terminal, but in a very dated one next door. We stood in the exhausting heat and humidity for almost 3 hours before the doors finally opened. Once they opened to doors the nice orderly line broke loose and everyone literally ran towards the doors. They let people in one little group at a time. Once we got inside we had to wait in another long line just to get through security and then another line to get the Sail and Sign cards. This has never happened to me before on any other cruise. I have sailed on Holland America, owned by Carnival Corp, and know that if that were the case for one of their ships they would have no such lines and chaos. Even NCL wouldn't handle the situation the way Carnival did. We heard that there was an immigration problem and we saw a bus load of people get driven off the premises. We heard that they all were fingerprinted but there were many other rumors floating around. I realize that this happens an infinitesimal percentage of sailings but when it does happen they really need to handle the situation better.

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Cabin Review

Balcony

Very roomy, small balcony, lots of storage space, good location, not noisy, good stewards

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