U.S. Cruise Reviews

Ship was fine. Price was fine. Leaving from Boston was the best

The ship is small but I really like a coffe/tea station should be placed somewhere on deck 4, 5 or 6 where you can access it at any time of the day without having to go out in the weather. Why is the adult pool area always have the lid closed on it??? Why don't they let the air in? Everyone complained to me about this. The guest stars were great in the theater. Very entertaining.

wont waste time here. less than excellent cruise due to inability for carnival to appropriately respond to boat's lateness in starting the cruise, low quality food, bad service, and bad boat

The ship was fancy enough for me.

Very large ship with plenty of activities to do. My Husband and I truly had a awesome time, we never ran out of things to do. The islands that we visited were very beauiful especially Half Moon Cay.

The ship was clean and the staff was attentive. The atmosphere was very comfortable and casual. The spa treatment staff were exceptional and I felt that I got a lot of value for my money. I spent a lot of time in my room because I needed the rest, and I appreciated the quiet. I rarely heard anyone, unless they were right outside my room. My room steward was very attentive.

Ship was OK. It in theory just came out of a major reburbishment and the Aqua class cabin was nice. Loved the new shower glass doors; finally a door that doesn't cling to you posterior while showering! Blu the specialty restaurant was great and our service was outstanding every evening. The disappointing part of this cruise was 1) Celebrity put Aqua class on sale less than a month before the cruise meaning that I was charged about $400 more for the same cabin than other travelers who waited longer to book and 2) that Celebrity had not updated thier website for specialty restaurants prior to our departure. We could not pre-book Qsine for the night and time we wanted; only to find out after we boarded that numerous earlier boarders had already booked times and days we desired. The internet was on and off constantly the last two days of the cruise and most of the staff people were reasonably accomodating regarding package purchases and adjustments.

Ship was fine, if you are use to being on board with nearly 3000 people. Never felt crowded, but the disembarking was long and having to vacate our stateroom by 9 am was a hassle. Some wear and tear was evident on the ship in some of the public spaces. Nice outdoor/on deck facilities; movies under the stars is fun; fitness center nice, clean and large.

This was our first cruise experience. Overall, it seemed like a very good value, and we would do it again.

Overall I had a great cruise. The ports were fun to walk around, but were a little difficult to find information on. None of the itinerary information included anything about ways to get around. Going under the Golden Gate bridge was a moment of a lifetime. The only negative experience we had was at the 12th deck dance club which was listed as being open late with no specified closing. We walked in at around 11:30. The club is only available to people 18 and older after 11, which we all are. When we walked in there were only two gentlemen off to the side having a drink in the bar. The dance floor was empty and recent dance music was playing, so we hit the dance floor uninhibited. We were having fun and dancing as though no one was there, so we looked a bit ridiculous, but we never did any moves which would be seen as offensive or even sexually suggestive. We sang along with a few songs, but the music was so loud we were barely audible. After a little while, the men left and we were alone in the bar. A few of the waiters were amused at the way we were dancing and one even danced along a little. After around 20 minutes, a group of ladies came in for a drink. They weren't really there to dance, but a few of them did join us for a little while. When they did, we mellowed out our moves, as before we were taking the whole dance floor up, so that we could all share the floor. After a little while a man in the suit came over the speakers reminding everyone that the bar was closed to people under 18 after 11. We sort of suspected he thought we were under age, but since we were not we continued on as we were. A few minutes later a security man came in, pulled us off the dance floor and asked us to show him our cards. He got on a cell phone, asked us all our names and room number. I'm over 21, so I had an adult card that's not even the same colour as a junior card, but he still checked it the same way. We were never simply asked our ages and didn't feel like we were being treated as guests who had paid a lot of money to be there at that point. After he was satisfied with the "investigation" he went and spoke with the man in the suit. We went back to dancing for a little while, but at that point our moods had been brought down dramatically and we felt very unwelcome in the bar, so we left. The ladies saw all of this and one even asked us what was going on, indicating to us that they were not bothered by our presence in the slightest. Based on our experience we went down and spoke with Guest Relations after leaving the bar. The man there was very sweet and apologetic, spoke with the manager of all the bars on board and requested we go back up to the bar and speak with him. We went back upstairs and spoke with him. We said our story again and he didn't seem to understand our plight. He kept saying who asked us to leave and we clarified that no one did, but we felt unwelcome after how we were treated based on our appearance and dancing. He never apologized and when I mentioned none of us were even drinking he fixated on the fact that we couldn't all drink because some weren't 21. We were offered absolutely nothing to make the experience come put more positively and were never even given a proper apology by those involved. We left the bar immediately as we still didn't feel like dancing and didn't return. It soured the rest of the trip.

the ship is Amazing!! this is mjy second carnival cruise... gets better & better!!!! the service is terrific...they are all great!

Have only been on the Star but like the Pearl. Staff, service, food, decor all wonderful

I liked it. The best part of the trip was dinner in the International first seating...table 61 with Alex and Fernando as our servers...They made the night always end with fun. Always offered other things if we did not care for our choice of food. Great guys.

I really enjoyed the staff. I felt like I was treated very well. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The ship was beautiful and very very clean.

Refit of the public spaces was done very well.

Clean, courteous service

Great cabins. The recent refit of Sapphire really makes it shine. This ship is a great choice for west coast cruises. Likes: food quality is fairly good. Great stewards and deck staff. Cabins are nice. Really liked the speciality restaurants, cafe and coffee bar, pools, deck chair options. Dislikes: spa staff; passenger demographic; art and boutique sales; performers.

This was our first cruise and thought it was very nice and everything went well. Enjoied the cruise experience very much.

I was very impressed

Generally good but we had a room under the bar on deck 10 and every time someone moved a chair the scraping sound could be heard. Need pads under chair legs.