Carnival Valor Review

Western caribbean - Carnival Valor

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Valor
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eddieg07410
6-10 Cruises • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Feb 2011
Cabin: Ocean View

This was our third Carnival Cruise. The previous two were done a number of years ago and included my children. This time it was just my wife and myself. Let me state from the onset that I have never experienced a bad cruise, so my standards may be lower than yours. Be that as it may I have always perceived Carnival as a line just a cut below the rest. This was not my experience. The Valor was a very clean ship, not overly gaudy, and fairly easy to navigate. The crew was very helpful and were positive. Our cabin was large enough and I like the positioning of the furniture. It was easy to move around.

The breakfast buffet was not as good as Holland America, but as I did not want to overeat, it provided enough for me. The lunch buffet was average in terms of variety, nothing special, but again it served me well as to what I required. The dinners actually were quite good. I eat exclusively fish and vegetarian, and was able to have a different fish almost every night. I didn't use the always available Pizza stand, too often, but what I had was lacking. I am used to New York Pizza.

The ship almost never seemed too crowded, even at meals. In the pool area it was generally hard to find a lounge, particularly on sea days. However, we discovered that if you go up to the top deck you could usually find a lounge, and this was much quieter than the pool, and was a great place to read a book or nap. The ship had recently been in dry dock and they installed covered lounges, hammocks, and newly padded lounges. These were great. Our steward Ivan was very attentive and though we had few requests, he cleaned the room well and took care of all of our requirements very well. Unfortunately, I can not speak as highly of our waiter. I don't even recall his name as he rarely had conversations with us and always seemed stress out. I even saw him mutter under his breath and roll his eyes when he people requested off the menu items. His assistant, however, a woman from Bali, was much nicer and kept our ice tea glasses filled, and was attentive to our wants. She was also very friendly. Although, we never order drinks, there a bar man, who always engaged us in pleasant conversation. Unfortunately, I don't recall his name.

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Ocean View

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