Carnival Celebration Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The cruise was an overall wonderful experience. We haven't cruised for 7yrs. Let me tell you alot has changed. You don't have to do the safety briefing crammed with everyone anymore. The have automatic doors so you don't have to touch them. They have handwashing stations which I thought was a great addition. The carnival hub app is a game changer. That was an absolute great tool in your cruising process.

THE BAD AND THE GOOD The Bad: 1. Main theater design in the center of the ship makes absolutely no sense. You don't have a full view of the show from over half the seats? Seriously, spend close to 1Bill on this ship and design so poorly. From my location, my kids and I could only see 1/3 of the show. Oh yeah, the glass railings say "Don't lean on the railing" - Very unsafe design, you can move the glass railings by hand. 2. FULL OF BOTTLE NECKS with too many people. Guess were Guest Services is? In between the very busy Pizza/Sandwich area and the very popular Ice Cream/Bar/Eating Area. Not very smart, always a huge line. 3. FOOD OPTIONS HAVE THE LONGEST LINES - Guys Burgers/Fries - usually 45min-1hr standing in line at all times of the day. Street Food - less lines but the workers are slow, Pizza (understaffed) - 15-30 minutes standing line most of the time, Sandwich Line 15-30 mins, didn't even bother with the other lines for food as the lines were to long. Never had to wait on RC or smaller Carnival Ships for more than a few minutes. Getting food becomes stressful on the Celebration 4. Buffet Area - Everything is built in compartments causing traffic jams. The design makes no sense. Additionally, both walk ways on either side of the ship smell like dirty sweat and mildew. Like someone spilled milk and it is rotting under the carpet. I thought it might be people but one time I walked through before dinner started and those areas still smell that way. 5. They tried to split food and swimming options into 2 different decks. 15 and 8. The only problem is this causes people trying to use the elevators to constantly go between both decks which leads to the next issue. 6. ELEVATOR WAIT IS LONG AND THEY ARE SLOW. - When you split the food options and pool options to decks 15 and 8 it causes elevator jams. People are trying to move back and forth between both floors. On most ships, the majority of the pools and food are on the top decks. People don't need to use the elevator because they walk back and forth on the stairs. 7. KIDS CLUB - No walkie talkies or phones. The line to drop off and pick up kids was always a minimum of 20-25 minutes. One time, 45 minutes. How can you have fun like this realizing you have to pick up your children 45 minutes early just in case. 8. TOO MANY AREAS WITH INSUFFICIENT AIR CONDITIONING - There are floors were it is very hot and humid. I get that people are going in and out but the air conditioner can't handle it. Have never had this problem on big royal ships and small carnival ships. It's hot in the Havana Bar (Stupid door to outside), stairs on 13, 14, 15, 16 and more. 9. DISEMBARKATION - THE WORST!!! - On every cruise ship I have been on RC and Carnival you can place your bags outside your door the night before and the attendants will bring them to the terminal to collect. Not on this cruise. If you don't sign up for it fast enough you bring your bags down yourself. This caused an elevator nightmare. With bags, only a 3-4 people can fit on any on elevator. Now calculate moving 6000 people off the ship with elevators fitting only 3-4 people. When we finally got an elevator and tried to get off on floor 6 to disembark, there was no room to get off the elevator, so we went up and down again multiple times. This is the worst DISEMBARKATION on ANY SHIP ever. 10. KARAOKE MACHINE BROKEN for 3 days 11. ICE CREAM MACHINE OFF for NO REASON on floor 16 a couple times, had to go down the long elevators to get to floor 8 for ICE CREAM 12. PIANO BAR SHOW Not happening multiple times when it was on the schedule 13. NOT ENOUGH ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS 14. NO EVENING (DINNER TIME) Housekeeping in the room THE GOOD 1. HAVANA BAR Latin Band was fun 2. POOL on 8th floor AFT was nice but hard to get to 3. GYM was nice when not crowded 4. THE HOST FOR NAME THAT TUNE Contest IS FUN OVERALL I wanted to give Carnival Big Ships a try. I will never go back to them again. The smaller ships are more fun. If you want to take a big ship, go on an OASIS Class Ship with ROYAL. Better Design. Too many bottleneck areas that are crowded on CELEBRATION. Too many people. Lines for food too long. Would not recommend.

I would give carnival celebration an overall 3/5 stars Pros: Great entertainment, Good ports and views, cabin space decent. Cons: Food is terrible, drinks overpriced, long lines, overwhelming crowds of people

The cruise was everything!! Delicious food, great entertainment, nice spa , nice balcony cabins . No complaints

Great time! Already looking to book our next cruise. Enjoy sailing on the newest ships. This was second time on Celebration. As frequent Carnival cruisers, most things were familiar. Wish that Carnival was not constantly looking for ways to trim and cutback, but that’s our world right now. One odd thing about this itinerary was being in Nassau on Friday, day at sea on Saturday, and back in Miami on Sunday. On Saturday, we were literally stationary in the water for more than 15 hours. It was odd. At night, it was literally silent on the balcony. I would have preferred a circular route back to Miami versus not moving at all. Next year, this same itinerary will include a day at Celebration Key on Saturday.

Haven't been on Carnival since 2002. Was a little skeptical since it is considered a cruise for young people. Even though there was an incident a the club one evening, it did not ruin our trip and heard it was handled quickly. Overall we enjoyed the newness of the ship and digital advances for diner reservations and ordering pictures. Most likely will go again but not during the summer when children are out of school.

We had a great time on the Celebration, celebrated our 20th Anniversary and grandsons graduation with family and friends. We enjoyed meeting new people and all the shows and activities on the ship.

Great cruise with a lot of downtime enjoyed the length of time at all the ports.

Overall my family had a great time. We wished the food was better in the main dining room as well as specialty dining. Also, there were some pretty awful smells and not much ventilation on some of the decks. I did not mind the kids that were supervised, however there were a lot of unsupervised children and it did not seem like there were any efforts from the staff to prevent this from happening.

Overall, I was not happy with the ship, or Carnival. However, that just means it was not for me and my family. Different personalities connect with different ships. I know many love this ship and Carnival, so if you have enjoyed other Carnival ships, you’ll probably enjoy this one.

Not worth spending money. Totally disappointed. Can't believe we even consider going on this ship. They had no dressing codes. People were wearing cloths that was embarrassing to look at through the ship. Same boring food throughout the day from breakfast till dinner. No variety. Main buffet area and some other areas of the ship had a terrible smell.

This was my second cruise with exact same itinerary.

Great cruise! Ship is new and nice and staff kept it clean!

We had an excellent cruise. Superb food, multiple food options, very friendly staff.

Great spots but very hot and humid this time of year. Was only ship in port in some ports, so not crowded

Overall I believe the service onboard was lacking. The smaller ships the staff seem more personable accommodating and kind. I recommend if the same staff is sailing back to back cruises that you have a separate staff come onboard to clean between cruises so that its properly cleaned and the onboard staff get a break. The onboard staff seemed to be overworked on this larger ship. Also the staff needs to take accountability and stop acting like the customer is the problem.

Overall I believe the service onboard was lacking. The smaller ships the staff seem more personable accommodating and kind. I recommend if the same staff is sailing back to back cruises that you have a separate staff come onboard to clean between cruises so that its properly cleaned and the onboard staff get a break. The onboard staff seemed to be overworked on this larger ship. Also the staff needs to take accountability and stop acting like the customer is the problem.

I would highly recommend this ship it is nice. Workers we're very attentive this was one ship I will definitely go on a second time.

My wife and I had a great trip. And the boat was very, nice This is the only ship so far that I would consider going on a second time. All of the other ships we had great times but we like to focus on a different ship every time. This one is the exception.

I don't know what to say here except we left Miami went to Amber cove San Juan Puerto Rico and Phillipsburg Saint Martin then we went back to Miami!!!