Carnival Vista Review

GREAT YEARLY GIRLS TRIP!!

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Vista
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samoyedhms
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jan 2017
Cabin: Balcony

Went on a "girls trip" w/ my best friend of over 20 years. We had an awesome time. The staff was super friendly and nice. Some of the bartenders were grumpy BUT you could see they were clearly short handed and way over worked... We found an awesome bartender named Dejuan who took great care of us! The boat needed more pools and hot tubs and kids should never be aloud in a hot tub!!!! No need for it! W/ 4000 people and only 4 hot tubs there was no room for kids to be in them. I also feel Carnival should have certain times of day that the pools are adults only. I never on my 6 day cruise could even get in a pool b/c they were always full of kids. The line for the sky ride was far too long too. Something should be done about that...Wasted 2 hours in line. It was super cool but there is no reason for that type of line. We are season ticket holders at universal orlando and don't wait in lines that long. I think everyone should be limited to riding it once until all have got a chance. They can keep track on your sign and sail acct.

Food was very good. Buffet was decent not big but the quality was good. Red Frog Pub was great tour w/ Ronald! The bartender at Red Frog when we came back was grumpy but Ronald the brewmaster was great! Steakhouse was amazing! Jiji's was so good we went there 2 nights! The manager a Jiji's made you feel very special:) The Italian restaurant was very good. The dining room was average and the waiters in the dining room were not friendly. All other waiters were friendly. The cheers package was well worth it!!

The excursions we did were very nice. Went segway tour riding in Grand Cayman which was scary at 1st but the staff there was great and was a great time! Went Helmet Divng in Cozumel and that was one of the most amazing experiences of my life!!!

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8A

Room was very nice. Our room attendants were awesome! Decent storage space. Balcony was small and hated that we could not prop the door open to smell the sea air...

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Miami

Spent the day before the cruise on South Beach which was awesome!

Ocho Rios

Kevin was great! Showed us the island and we felt 100% safe then he dropped us off at margaritaville. Jamaica in general was not impressive and I felt it was very dirty... Even the margaritaville was filthy. BUT Kevin was great!

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