Ups and Downs

Item: Carnival Celebration
Rating: 3.9
Author: drmstowell

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

drmstowell

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2023

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5344

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

We expected more similarities with the Vista and other older classes of ships with a grand central area and outdoor promenades etc. The Celebration is a very inside focused ship which is not to our liking.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Very clean but ship design is poor.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Great cabin near the waterline.

Ship tip

It's not very intuitive so study the deck plans

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Ship unable to disembark due to weather and very limited information or support from the cruise staff.

8 Comments

Sogmoore 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cbyron3 10 months ago

We definitely like the Vista class ships much more than the Celebration excel class. I truly thought that the newer, bigger ship would continue to be our favorite, but we learned our sweet spot was definitely the Vista class and one down, magic/breeze..no smaller..no bigger...

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bienfang10 10 months ago

The celebration is a great ship. Just to large for us. We like Vista class. Perfect for us.

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Gwbigdog 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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gwright1129 10 months ago

Vista is off a different class.... celebration is excel along with Mardi gras and jubilee.

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lsbs 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cruising2004 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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javawoody 10 months ago

Thanks for the review

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