Our inaugural cruise on the celebration

Item: Carnival Celebration
Rating: 4.7
Author: jjotanijo

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review

jjotanijo

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 21, 2022

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14306

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

It was a great time. Carnival is a great cruise line. My only issue is it seems they keep taking away things and cheapening others. Just raise the price a bit and keep the quality before seasoned cruisers jump ship and head to more accommodating cruise lines. I have one more cruise booked with carnival and after that we may test the waters of other lines

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth. Very well organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Roller coaster was very fun. Seen several shows. All were good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Superb, our room attendant was great. We needed for nothing

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

For a suite it seemed a bit cramped. The only issue we had was there were (2) large tvs one by bed and another in the sitting room. Both had their own separate remotes. But they had not been programmed separately. Someone watching tv in setting room could change the channel on bed tv and vice verse

Ship tip

Do not get corner suite as we did. Everyone can see on your balcony and you could see right into theirs. Made it a bit uncomfortable to sit outdoors

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Biggest ship in the fleet. Smallest elevators ever built

Traveler Photos

Early dinner seating. Wait staff was outstanding, for a beautiful ship like the celebration you would expect a beautiful dining room. Not the case. Very low ceilings. Lots of old looking wood walls. Looks like a 70s cafeteria. Ceilings were too low for dancers to have platforms to dance on. No tablecloths (even on elegant nights)

8 Comments

byhisgrace 2 years ago

Thanks for your review

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WhippetMum 2 years ago

Thanks for your review. Lots of interesting information

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leog 2 years ago

Sgrets99, they have got rid of room liquor bottle purchase, charge for room service, reduced hours in buffet, pizza pirate,deli,ice cream, unlimited entrees in mdr is gone, mushrooms and bacon gone from guys guys definitelynot as good. I could go on. Still best vacation ever but is getting annoying.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Not sure I even want to go on an XL ship with smaller elevators and cabins. It’s sad to watch the corner cutting.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Interesting

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sgretz99 2 years ago

What were the items that Carnival has cheapened or taken away?

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Seaborn360 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Thank you for sharing your cruise experience and the tip.

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jallaway 2 years ago

You're not the only one with these observations. It's like they dont want you to buy the Chevrolet anymore and want you to buy the Buick. But that strategy seemed to sell more Toyotas.

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