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Item: Carnival Celebration
Rating: 4.3
Author: tnsanders85

Carnival Celebration Cruise Review

tnsanders85

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 21, 2024

Ship: Carnival Celebration

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10286

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Overall, the cruise was amazing. We had a great time enjoying the new ship. It’s huge, but it never felt overcrowded so that’s good. Only place is really crowded is the casino.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very easy very smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food options were good. You had a lot of them, I enjoy the specialty restaurants especially the 555 steakhouse. I enjoyed emerald’s, and big Shaq chicken. Main diner room was just OK. Chibang was just OK. Buffet was just OK. But the specialty restaurants made up for it.

The Carnival Deli

3 out of 5

This deli was different from what I was used to on other carnival ships. All their sandwiches are premade and they just put them in the oven to heat them up. It’s just something about hot tomatoes and lettuce that I don’t like. But you will get a freshly made one. If you don’t eat something like pickles or mustard they have to make it fresh in the back and my husband enjoyed his sandwich freshly made.

Emeril’s Bistro 1397

5 out of 5

It was really good. I had the jambalaya and the beignets and the other dessert that they had the strawberry dessert ,and everything was really good and very hot made to order and flavorful

Carnivale and Festivale Restaurants (Main Dining Rooms)

3 out of 5

It was ok the food was just ok we only ate here once.

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

5 out of 5

We ate here twice because the food was good and we always book the steakhouse on every ship so it didn’t disappoint. Stuffed mushroom was good and the ribeye steak was good.

Big Chicken

5 out of 5

Very good lunch and breakfast. Didn’t care too much for the biscuit but other than that it was really good sandwiches and breakfast tenders.

Chibang!

3 out of 5

It was ok

BlueIguana Cantina

4 out of 5

Always good

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Always good

Miami Slice

5 out of 5

This pizza was really good from going on past carnival ships. I really didn’t care for the pizza but Miami sliced pizza was really good and they had different options.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We caught some shows we did the comedy show. We did basketball cornhole and just a bunch of stuff to do. We enjoyed the activities.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The room was cool. It was a good size only thing that stood out to me was how small the bathroom was and the water pressure in the shower. that’s the only thing that stood out to me. The itself was great. The layout was great. The balcony was super big. The cabin was clean when we got there. Stewart missed one day, but we wasn’t Tripping.

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

I enjoy this port because I was with my husband that’s it that’s all. The people in this port were so rude. and pushy. We we tried to sit down and eat at a restaurant, called Grilling &Chilling and they sat us, and ignored us the whole time. Everybody I tried to stop to get their attention. They’ll stop and say one minute and never come back. Like it was 3 waiters fighting (like literally shoving pushing each other) over waiting a table of people not of color. As I guess they think POC don’t tip well. Well I’m a big tipper if the service is good. My husband order waters and nachos I didn’t want anything the service was horrible.

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Beautiful island beautiful beach weather was amazing everyone was friendly. It is some shopping and made it a beach day.

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Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Had a bunch of fun sightseeing and shopping. weather was beautiful.

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