Carnival celebration

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 74

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Celebration

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 03, 2023

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

My family of four adults had a perfect experience. It was better than I hoped for. It was one of my favorite cruises and will definitely sail her again. I just can’t get over how beautiful the ship is. I loved our cabin, I loved the food and so many places to choose from to eat. Loved the staff and the cruise Director, Lee was great. The entertainment was top notch. Lots of places for ice cream and the Gelato station at the buffet was yummy! I really can’t think of anything really negative other than the center stage isn’t the best places to host shows. I think it is a great place to have musical groups and to host Bingo and other games but not big shows. I didn’t run into any rude people on the ship. The elevators are fine. I absolutely LOVED this cruise!!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy and quick. No issues at all.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Before we left for this cruise, I read a lot of negative comments about the food. None of them were correct. The food in the main dining room was delicious. We never had a bad meal. The buffet was delicious too. We loved Guys Burgers, Big Chicken, Miami Slice, Deco Deli,

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Lots of fun shows and loved the roller coaster Bolt. So fun. The best thing was Paul the acoustic guitar player. We went to most of his shows. He is incredible. The comedy shows are good. My son loved the trivia games. He won several of them

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Like I said Paul was our favorite. Extremely talented and personable. The circus show was good but like all the reviews I have read, it is in the central stage area where it is hard to see and it is very noisy with the restaurants and shops behind you with people talking and laughing.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All the staff are very friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It is a gorgeous ship. Still smells new. Very clean and very beautiful!!!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a Spa Cove Balcony. The cabin was beautiful. It was on the small size but it was cozy. I loved the cove balcony. Will definitely book one again in the future.

Ship tip

I would not let what other people say in their reviews ruin your experience on this incredible, stunning and all around fabulous ship. It is truly one of the most beautiful ships I have ever been on. I loved it!!!!!! We had a very memorable experience.

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Loved it. We did the chocolate excursion. It was fun and very informative. We met a lot of nice fellow cruisers. It was something different for a change.

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Miami is a beautiful port but it is very crowded and expensive!!!! The airport was ridiculous when we left. We waited an hour in the security line and there aren’t many places to eat and no where to sit. It is like going back in time to older airports.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Very small, flat island. The water is beautiful!!! Fun places to shop. They never asked us at the port about being vaccinated, only asked at embarkment.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We took our luggage off ourselves. We have never done this before. It was a piece of cake. Very painless.
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