Great new ship with a few flaws.

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 9
Helpful Votes: 170

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Celebration

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 11, 2022

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14486

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great new ship. Seeing more and more cut backs with service and amenities.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great, quick, embarkation. Platinum lounge comfortable.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Slower service than expected in main dining room. Very unhappy with chabang restaurant. Food ok there but felt ignored totally by staff. Lido buffet terrible at breakfast, ok at lunch.

Bonsai Teppanyaki

5 out of 5

Excellent!!! We had so much fun! Great food! Great atmosphere! Great staff! Best dinner we had on board.

Emeril’s Bistro 1397

5 out of 5

Price was good. Excellent food.

Cucina del Capitano

4 out of 5

Waiter was not very engaging. Food was fantastic. Service was good.

Lido Marketplace

4 out of 5

Hit or miss. Breakfast was awful.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster

5 out of 5

Very cool. Worth trying. Wish you could get a longer ride.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The new center stage had the most awesome lighting and screens and effects... unfortunately 25 percent of the seating is terrible and you can't see the show. I hope carnival changes this on jubilee !? They probably can't make changes now. Dancers and CD (Lee) was awesome.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Allways the best!!!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Allways clean. Center ship area and stage area difficult to navigate and poorly designed.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Seemed slightly smaller than other ships. Didn't like constantly On bathroom light. Really wished they had one ac outlet near bed for cpap. Did request an extension cord. Got a 25 footer. Lol. Extra outlets and USB ports on desk area were nice. USB outlets on bed were nice. Still plenty of storage.

Ship tip

Pack comfortable shoes. It is huge! Watch out for mobility scooters. There had to be 50 of them, parked everywhere.

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Took cab to fort del morro on top of hill. Easily walked through town back to ship hitting bars restaurants and shops along the way. Love Puerto Rico 🇵🇷!

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Went to Magens bay. To crowded for me but beautiful beach. Happy wife happy life, you know.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
No issues, very quick.
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9 Comments

Cruisersnoozer    1 year ago

Thanks for the review!

leog    1 year ago

Elegant was monday and saturday

Wiser1    1 year ago

Thank you for your review. Maybe some of these are just start up hiccups and will get better.

loves2cruise    1 year ago

Sailing her in February. Do you remember what nights the cruise elegant nights were? Is it 2nd and 5th day? Thanks.

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the detailed review

CurlyCruiserYAY    1 year ago

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of some hiccups.

bienfang10    1 year ago

Wow. Alot to take take in . hope in 3 months it'll all work out.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thanks you for sharing your experience. Appreciate your honesty.

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