WORST cruise ever!

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

1.8 out of 5
Carnival Celebration

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2023

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8276

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

First of all, I’m not one to write reviews but this cruise was so bad I had to!! So we have been on a lot of cruises but the carnival celebration was hands down the worst and most disappointing, I didn’t have high hopes for carnival to begin with but decided to give it a try. for starters the food was atrocious and most of the time inedible especially from the main dining room which looked like high school cafeteria food!! And seriously since when do they not even put on a table cloth on the table, like cmon where have standards gone!! to get something halfway decent we had to eat at the pay restaurants and even the pay restaurants were nothing impressive especially when on Princess you can get way better quality food that is actually very good and not have to pay extra!! 99.9% of the staff was terrible, had no personality, and tbh sometimes rude!! Especially at guys burgers, if I were Guy Fieri I would remove my name from that place because aside from the burgers being bland and tasteless, it was dirty, the staff was rushing people and just plain rude!!! Aside from the food and service being atrocious housekeeping standards have dropped tremendously also, on any princess cruise or any other cruise line, our room would always be cleaned and then turned down at night, on the celebration it was only cleaned once a day that we even had to ask for extra towels every night, and I’m sorry the covid excuse is getting old now!! For a ship that just celebrated its one year anniversary and a ship that is suppose to be the “flag ship” for carnival, It was not impressive! For starters it was not very well maintained, it was dirty and kind of pathetic, even the outdoor steps were falling apart and in some cases blocked off!! Aside from being dirty the ships decor was bland and unappealing!! Princess ships the minute you walk on you are blown away by how beautiful and elegant the ships are, the celebration had 0 class whatsoever and looked extremely cheaply made from the horrible small celebration central (atrium) to the pathetic excuse of a lido deck which by the way was also filthy!! For the money we spent on this cruise between 2 family’s we could have went many other places. NEVER cruising with carnival again I honestly can not say one good thing about this cruise except that the cruise director, lee was cool and honestly I hope he moves to another cruise line because he is way to good to be on pathetic cruise line like carnival, but other then that this was the first cruise I couldn’t wait to get off of!!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
not bad but better on other cruise lines.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
DISGUSTING!! food was inedible, service was horrible, and buffet was filthy!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
even just trying to relax on the lido deck was a disaster because of how dirty it was!

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Terrible they literally did the same circus show like every night in the small joke of an atrium, only performer I enjoyed was the comedian and that's only because even he was ripping apart carnival for how bad everything is!!

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
99.9% of staff was not very friendly and sometimes just plain rude!

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
for what is suppose to be the "flag ship" for carnival, the ship was dirty and not well maintained, aside from that the decor was not impressive at all, I usually cruise with princess and am always blown away by how classy and elegant the ships are, the celebration had 0 class at all and was very cheaply made!!

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
cabin was way to small and I was expecting way more especially since I paid extra for a Havana balcony suite!

Ship tip

don't cruise with carnival save yourself the aggravation!

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
a complete disaster!!

Traveler Photos

like cmon I wouldn't feed this to a dog!
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12 Comments

Sogmoore     10 months ago

A cruise is what you make it. Thanks for sharing

RAMITA     10 months ago

Go back to your Princess, we don’t want to see you anyway. Did you really expect the stewards to clean your room twice a day? How many times do you clean your own room at home?🤔🤔🤔🤔.

shipshippin    1 year ago

I certainly hope to never be a fellow passenger of yours on Princess or Carnival.

joseph763    1 year ago

I’m sure The staff couldn’t wait for you to get off the ship !!!!

minastrith    1 year ago

sorry to hear of your negative experience. I just got off the celebration and couldn’t be more happier with Carnival Cruise line and the experience of celebrating my birthday with family . Sounds like Princess is more suitable for you.

Gheemaster38    1 year ago

CYBRON3- WOW! THIS IS THE G.O.A.T response! Thanks! you said everything most us wanted too. You are right. What people like this should realize is the only thing interchangeable about the cruise lines are the passengers. Each cruise line has it unique style, feel..personality. as for that picture of food, I am willing to bet biscuits to doughnuts it sat there on that plate a while before they took this picture for the shock value. 99.9% was rude to only one person? Okay..

Moodyboy44    1 year ago

Never had a bad experience with carnival when the damn room stewards knows your name as soon as you open your room door carnival is the best maybe it’s not for you

cbyron3    1 year ago

You said everything you needed to when you said "I didn't have high expectations for carnival.." meaning it was your intention to find everything wrong and of course you did. I've been on every major cruise line and yes, each has its areas of focus and strength. I happen to really like the food on the celebration last month, much much better than Norwegian, not quite as good as Princess, but still very good with very few misses. Its funny you show a picture of food and criticize it...before even tasting it? Sad. How was the roller coaster on Princess? Oh wait...the ropes course? Oh wait... in other words, carnival may not be for you...but what it does it does very well. And btw...spoiler alert...once a day cabin service is almost industry wide now. And staff is almost always a mirror of the guest. In 42 cruises I've only had one bad interaction with staff...and in retrospect it was because I was being a jerk. When I start with a smile and appreciation I've never been met with anything else back. PLEASE PLEASE get out your check book and go back to Princess. As a stockholder ill still gladly take your money.

jelacy    1 year ago

Sorry they didn't meet your expectations. Carnival is amazing and their workers are some of the best in the industry. Other lines are too expensive and the drinks are terrible. Food in others are bad. Making for large numbers is difficult. Give em a little break.

Fam2Cruise    1 year ago

Definitely sounds like Carnival is not for you! Sorry you hated your vacation.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with everything on this cruise.

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