Carnival Elation Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Elation
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lslovbabe
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Mar 2009

My group consisted of 30 people. The occasion was my friend's bachelor party and my girl friend's bachelorette party but the two are not a couple. We decided to throw a huge party on boat. Thought it would be fun since more than half the group have never been on a cruise. This is my third time sailing with carnival and my second time on the carnival elation. I stayed in the interior room and everything was great. The boat has been updated since I was last on it two years ago, consisting of a slide and a miniature golf area on the top of the deck. Everything was fine...the only complaints I have this time around was that the food service on the boat was horrible at the dinning room. My group had a total of 4 tables and 3 of the tables had the same waiter. The food took forever to come. By the time we got our entree...everybody was having dessert. This did not occur one time but all nights. We decided to take away the gratuity from the server bc dinning experience was not great.

Besides the dining experience, everybody on the boat had a great time. We got off the boat to ensenada and went horse back riding through an agency off the boat. Paid only $30 which included transportation, horse back riding, and also a stop to the corona beer factory to purchase beer, and a final stop to the blowhole attraction and market shopping. It was a great deal and highly recommended. They were able to accommodate one bus for our group of 17 people that went on this tour.

The cruise was very fun. Lots of younger people there to party. The same weekend happen to be spring break. Even though I graduated years ago...it was still nice to see a younger crowd than the typical older crowds you see on cruises. Lots of activities to do, but food could be better.

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