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Item: Carnival Celebration
Rating: 4.7
Author: beelzebot

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review

beelzebot

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Reviews: 6

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Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2023

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

We really enjoyed all this ship had to offer. Horizon is still my favorite ship but we will be booking this ship again for sure because there’s just so much on it that you can’t do it all in one trip.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Loved all the new food and bar options on this ship. Street Eats and Shaq’s were great. Rudi’s is a nice addition. Prefer Jiji’s on Vista class ships instead of Chibang on XL class ships. Golden Jubilee and Latitudes were the all star bars on this ship. Red Frog Tiki bar was a nice addition and passable for mass produced tiki.

Chibang!

3 out of 5

It was just okay. Not many options here.

The Chef's Table

5 out of 5

Highly recommend. Fantastic experience!

Street Eats

5 out of 5

Great idea! Loved the things we tried.

Rudi's Seagrill

4 out of 5

Service was sloooooow but everything we had was good.

Miami Slice

5 out of 5

Good new options

JavaBlue Café

5 out of 5

Loved the grab and go options and other free breakfast sandwiches and pastries.

Carnival Kitchen

5 out of 5

Pit Master BBQ class was fun!

Bonsai Teppanyaki

5 out of 5

Always excellent!

Big Chicken

5 out of 5

Much much better for lunch than for breakfast.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Lots to do on this ship!

Serenity Adult-Only Retreat

1 out of 5

Huge on this ship and it was always packed and very loud. There was nothing serene about it. Glad we had a Havana room because the Havana area was quiet and had plenty of seating.

BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster

5 out of 5

Worth it to try once! Very cool.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Lots to do, did not get to try everything.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

A+ All-Star crew on this ship!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Overall liked a lot of things about this ship. But it’s a big negative that everything to do is on decks 6, 7, 8 OR decks 16, 17, 18. As someone who likes to walk a lot, that’s a lot of stairs between all the action. You can’t just go do one thing quick because it’s a hike.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Havana Cabana was worth it! We originally had a Havana Interior but got a cheap upgrade to Cabana a week before we sailed! We loved the swing on our patio and the extra room in the cabin.

Ship tip

Look at the deck plans in advance and figure out where everything is. This ship is not laid out like the other ships.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

It’s fine. We’ve been here enough that it is almost like an extra sea day. We used the opportunity of everyone being off the ship to ride Bolt.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Wife got stopped again disembarking because of identity theft issues. Miami staff was much nicer about it than Long Beach last time, however it is still a pain in the butt and apparently there is nothing we can do about it.

11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Sogmoore 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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leog 11 months ago

Thanks for your review.

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lsbs 11 months ago

Thanks for the review. Love the ship and its layout.

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deesweetpea1 11 months ago

Thank for your review. I’ll be on the Celebration in May.

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NYThunder 11 months ago

Thanks for this review. We'll be sailing her in October and cannot wait!!

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javawoody 11 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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cbyron3 11 months ago

Celebration was a one and done for us. Heading back to Vista and Magic class ships. I will the roller coaster though.

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Glad you had an awesome experience. Thank you for your detailed review.

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RetiredRay 11 months ago

Sounds like a decent trip.

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