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Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Elation

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 31, 2016

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Best was...Ticket pricing(pricing itself gets 1 additional star),food esp. mongolian wok, spacious rooms, Kids Camps and overall service by the couteous staff.

 

Areas for Improvement: Entertainment in general esp. family oriented entertainment,Ship decor/ambience (felt it is dated and stressed, it need a makeover), kids camps could have provided lunch/ dinners rather parents picking them up for lunch/dinner and dropping them back. Better choice / value on onshore excursion. Formal Dinner Menu may need to be updated in quality as well as choices. Some days we skipped looking at the menu but since there were other options we were good. 

 

My trip was lil disappointing because of the cancellation of onshore excursions due to inclement weather at Half Moon Cay but the carnivals private white sand beach is amazing. Loved it. Overall the trip met my expectations and whole family enjoyed it and my 4 yr and 11 yr old kids loved the camp carnival.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Family entertainment need improvement esp shows. Kids loved their camps.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship need a makeover

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
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Oldrip    7 years ago

The Elation is in need of a "spruce up"... and one is scheduled this summer, going into dry dock for about a month to uodate

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