Carnival Paradise Cruise Reviews for Family from Tampa

3.5 / 5.0
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The Paradise Atrium and bar. Always busy
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Just passed under the Sunshine Skyway!
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Paradise next to the Dream at Cozumel
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Our nightly ding table!
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Not worth it.

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Waterbuffalo26
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

Ship smelled like cigarettes and pot. The only workers that were nice to us were the person cleaning our cabin and our server. Almost every night there was people dosing off by the pool because they had too much to drink. Deffenetly not family friendly. The Only fun we had was when we got off the ship at Bimini and Nassau. I wish we would have had more time at the ports. Bimini was lots of fun. ...
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Sail Date: April 2024


Terrible read before you go

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Angkor
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

Many reasons, primary serviced in general. Room smells like urine after they cleaning the third time they came and cleaned the ducts this should be done prior our arrival,since our room smells like feces after. only 2 elevators were working for 3,000 people ,had to wait over 20 minutes each times and always super pack.Kids club was a mess people was complaining too that so many kids and no ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Aft-View Extended Balcony

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Room and ship was disgusting

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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odd oddRN
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We have been in other ships through carnival and the experience was amazing. That was not the case this time. Our room was disgusting. We had blood on the walks, bathroom floors, and bed sheets. The room smelled like mold and the floors were wet/ damp due to the moisture. Bathroom smelled horrible- like a litter box that had not been changed. Mold everywhere. We hit rain on day 2- the ship was ...
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Sail Date: November 2023


Dirty.. dated..waste of money

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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drprincess
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We chose this cruise for my husband’s birthday for the ports of call- Western Caribbean was a lifelong dream trip. The Odor of cigarettes and Weed was so STRONG It was unbelievable Overcrowded- people were packed like Sardines trying to get into the pool. People were running up and down the hallways all hours of the night yelling. Teenagers were LAYING in the stair wells ( Physically laying ...
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Sail Date: August 2023


Don’t go.

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Playa hermosa
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Chose this cruise because it fit the schedules of 4 adults. This is an older, smaller ship, but the ship was in good condition. The crew was professional and very service oriented. The food was good, especially considering the number of meals being prepared. The cruise is seriously overcrowded. Yes, cruises are crowded, but this one seemed to be more so, perhaps because of summer and more than two ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: Ocean View


Customer Beware

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Jtint
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

We chose this Cruise line for our honeymoon celebration from referral from family and friends It was the worst decision that I ever made on day one I found out my TV did not work my AC did not work correctly the massage department had new people in it other people were complaining they tried to give me the same massage girl they were complaining about sauna and steam room broke and was not ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Carnival Cruise Line ,the thumbs down cruise line.

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Heavy surf
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I have been lucky in life , traveled to 104 countries and been on over 50 cruises. I have never given a negative critique until now.Carnival Cruise line is the “we do not know how to communicate cruise line”, 5 star regarding lack of communication and who cares about the passenger.Problem started when I could not check in online. I spoke to a Carnival Consultant who advised that there was a ...
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Sail Date: March 2023

Cabin Type: Extended Balcony Grand Suite


Don’t recommend this ship at all!

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Mandykirk46
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

I usually don’t write reviews but This cruise was NOT worth the money spent. The food was not good anywhere even at the dinner restaurant. The drink package was not worth it because it took 30mins to get a drink each time because the bartenders are very slow since they get the same tip either way (auto grat), they were also rude. Service in the dining room was very bad, sat with an empty water for ...
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Sail Date: March 2023


Never cruise with Carnival!

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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piliferus
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Never cruise with Carnival! I have been on quite a few cruises and always felt sad when the cruise was over, and I had to go back to every day’s life. Not this time! Everything bad you could imagine happened on this one, and this was not accidental, it was deliberately caused by the cruise company. But let’s list the topics one at a time. Embarkation The cruise policy states that you are ...
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Sail Date: March 2023

Cabin Type: Interior


Worst Customer Service

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Tchildress01
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

The actual cruise was not worth the money spent. They couldn’t keep their own schedule up to date so it was a crap shoot if you show up for something. I brought this up to the attention of customer service multiple times and absolutely nothing was done. The food was mediocre at best and the ports were not that great. It seemed as if the crew on the ship were out of practice. We barely saw the ...
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Sail Date: February 2023


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