Carnival Elation Feb 16, 2017
Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas
4 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 16, 2017
Ship: Carnival Elation
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: m68
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
This was my first time on a carnival ship and my second cruise ive ever been on. my very first cruise i went on was Norwegian Sky. I did not enjoy my cruise with carnival. We got faster to the fun so we wouldn't have to wait in the long lines to get on and off the ship and we enjoyed all the amenities that came with it. When we first got on the ship we went straight to our room to see what it looked like and find out where it was located. Right after we arrived my bag came.It took 30 minutes later before my husbands bag came. With getting faster to the fun it was supposed to ensure we would have our room ready when we arrived along with our luggage waiting for us when we got up there. After his luggage finally arrived we noticed our toilet would not flush. We called guest services at least 4 times along with them coming to fix it 3 times before that actually ever fixed the problem. We did not even leave the port of jacksonville until around 630pm due to electrical probelms. Next when we had booked we had chosen our time dining and all of our paperwork said our time dining. we did not realize that on our room card it actually said our dining was 6pm. So when we went to go eat dinner around 8pm we could not go into the dining room to eat. We had to go to guest service and physically bring our papers down there and show them we had our time dining on it before they would correct THEIR mistake. After that on the second or thirs day of the cruise my husband was checking our sail and sign card and saw there was over $100 extra charge on our account that we did not spend. we went to guest services again and they said it was an extra gratuity added on and that is was optional. they never asked us if we wanted to put extra gratuity on our card nor did they inform us of putting it on there. thankfully we had it taken off. and if it wasnt for my husband checking our balance and all our expeses we would have never known about it. on the last day on the ship on the fun at sea day they had a girls makeover party where they showed us lotions and stuff to cleanse our faces and on the pamplet and everything we were told was that everyone who atteended would get a free makeover. their free makeover included a brozer that was more of a blush putting it all over my face making me look like i had sun burn then using the same bronzer putting it on their finger and rubbing it over the top of my eyelid. i was the only person they did that to. and i do not consider that a makeover at all. and everything they did before that was take all of our makeup most of us had on right back off for us to walk out of the room looking like crap. and lastly on our fourth night on our cruise we were at the casino and i was at a smoking table playing blackjack. there was a very rude cruiser sitting at the table the whole time commenting on me smoking harassing me and fussing at every person he saw that was working in there. instead of them calling security or asking him to move to another table they told my husband there was nothing they could do and that he would have to deal with the gentlemen. this man was so rude he made everyone sitting next to me leave the table because of him. the only reason i did not go was because i refused to let the man push me away from a table i am more then welcome to sit at. never have i ever had such a horrible experience on a cruise. its not just the carnival elation but more the people working there at the time. a lot of the people working were wonderful and so nice but a lot of them were just not doing their job properly
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always check your sail and sign balance while on the ship and keep track of your spending to ensure your not getting charged stuff you shouldnt get charged for
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