An okay first cruise

Item: Carnival Ecstasy
Rating: 3
Author: EstherB1

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

EstherB1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 09, 2011

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

This is definitely the low end of the stick as far as cruises are concerned. It is for party-goers, which I am not, so I found it difficult to relax and find things that I enjoyed. I learned a lot. I wanted less activity and a more elegant atmosphere, so I will be choosing a different ship/cruise line next time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

We had a couple of really good meals, but most were average. They needed nice music during the meals.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

The dancing/singing team was not impressive, nor were the comedians. And out of all the live bands there, only one had any talent.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

There were a few excellent staff, while some needed to improve their English. Aaron from Nepal was an amazing waiter!! But others made us feel like we were a bother if we requested certain things.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

It took a while to get to know the ship. I wish the decks weren't so crowded with chairs and that there weren't bars around every corner.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

I liked that every time we came back to our room it had been cleaned. Sometimes there were cute animals made out of towels.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

We did our dolphin swim excursion and lunch at a place on the beach called Dolphinarius. The facility and staff were top notch, and the dolphin swim experience was amazing! The only regret I had about our visit to Cozumel was that it wasn't long enough, so we weren't able to visit the other side of the island which had the nicer beaches.

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Don't Miss: The Dolphins Swim excursion

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5

We only got off for a couple of hours in Progreso and walked on the beach. We walked far enough to get away from the party crowd, and it was pretty nice and quiet.

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Pros: Cozumel/Dolphin shore excursion

Cons: The party atmosphere.

Recommends Carnival Ecstasy? No.

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