Carnival Elation Review

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Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Elation
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Ella23Carnival
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jul 2023
Cabin: Interior
Traveled with children

I went with family and it was a blast. Everyone was so nice during the trip. The service, the food, the islands. I absolutely loved it. I always looked forward to dinner time. A three course meal, awesome servers. I loved showtime. The food options were delicious. My servers, Jaka and Melanie, were awesome. They made dinner great, and became like family quite fast. It was hard to leave them, knowing I most likely won’t see them again. They worked hard, pushed me to dance in front of others, pushed me to eat a lot more than I should’ve. They were always on top of refills and everything. The experience was one of a kind. Jefron was great too. It was epic, and something I will for sure remember for a life time. I loved my house keeper, Yulianto. Loved the towel animals, loved how he remembered all of our names and greeted us with this big smile each time. It was definitely the best. 5 days wasn’t enough. I would repeat it over and over. The only thing was the island, Nassau, definitely wasn’t what I expected. The water was great, but the beach was horrible. You couldn’t walk 5 feet without getting bombarded by people asking you for stuff. It wasn’t the best, but nothing the ship could prevent. It broke my heart to see stray dogs there, and how the venders treated them. I wish I could’ve taken them home.

The ship pool was always full, and closed down for a day due to someone puking. But the water slides were fun. I loved getting free ice cream whenever I felt like it. The pizza place was good, I loved guys burger. I knew some family members went there everyday for it. There was so much food, and such little room for it in my stomach. I haven’t eaten anything that was so good then what was on the ship. The unique food at dinner was great. Alligators, frog legs, boar, seafood. It was great. Loved the 3 course as well. Definitely worked off the food calories walking around the ship. I haven’t walked so much stairs in my life. The elevators were always working.

The one thing that was bothersome was the teens. They would pull cheesy pranks, and walk in the elevator and press all the buttons and then leave. It took awhile for the elevators to reach you, so instead I just walked the stairs. Again, the ship can’t really prevent the teens from doing that. I believe that was just my luck that I would get teens like that.

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Interior

The rooms were kind of small, but also expected for ship rooms. Beds were comfy, service was great. The showers were great also. But the hair dryer provided was quite weak and took awhile for my hair to actually dry.

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