New ship? Yeah right!

Item: Carnival Celebration
Rating: 2.8
Author: adblanchard

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 02, 2023

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5252

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

It was terrible!They had the usual pools, putt putt gold, basketball, ping pong, and bean bag toss. They did have the roller-coaster which was great, but you had to pay $15 to go around twice! It is not included in the price of the cruise. To put the cheery on the cake. They woke us up at 4am on disembarkation morning hammering on the balcony banister! They were fixing stuff all throughout the so-called "new" ship!

Embarkation

1 out of 5

It was long and tedious. It reminded me of the old days where it took an act of congress to board a ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The food was a joke! I have been on numerous cruises and I could not believe the food selection in the Lido deck! The food selection was located in the aisle, not a cafeteria and you got whatever 3 dishes they served you that day. Two or 3 protein selections and some side. I kid you not!

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

They had the usual pools, putt putt gold, basketball, ping pong, and bean bag toss. They did have the roller-coaster which was great, but you had to pay $15 to go around twice! It is not included in the price of the cruise. To put the cheery on the cake. They woke us up at 4am on disembarkation morning hammering on the balcony banister! They were fixing stuff all throughout the so-called "new" ship!

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Nope

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

I've never been on a ship where half the staff didn't smile and say hello. It was so weird

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Loved the steward. It was clean and he was friendly

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

6 Comments

AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your details. At least you explained what went wrong. The fee for the roller coaster was advertised from the beginning and shouldn’t have been a surprise. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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tapout87 1 year ago

This makes me want to cancel my cruise I booked last night on the celebration. I went on the second sailing on the Mardi Gras and it was terrible as well.

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Catcruise70 1 year ago

Sorry you didn't enjoy your cruise more, fingers crossed that your next one will be great! 🤞🏽🤞🏽

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Sogmoore 1 year ago

Sorry hopefully next cruise will be better

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Wiser1 1 year ago

Sounds like this was not your favorite cruise. There always the next time you cruise it’ll be better.

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AKdreamer 1 year ago

Wow…you sound fun😂😂

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