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Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Elation

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 01, 2017

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 215

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I wanted to "sing" the praises of several of our Elation crew:

First, let me say that we had the best hostess, Melina, in Imagination Dining Room. She was so welcoming. I loved her servant attitude even while counting the days before being able to return to her home country, Romania. I'm so excited for that opportunity for her. She was excellent!!!

Abi, also hostess in Imagination Dining Room was very nice as well.

In Imagination Dining Room we had very good service. Nestor, Agus, Jorge, Freddy, Krismanto, Celso, and Ronaldo all did an excellent job! They were all very friendly and took care of our every need. (There were a few slow, non-attentive servers over the period of a week, but I don't even remember their names. The GOOD outweighed the bad.)

Our room steward, Michael took excellent care of our room and our every need. I loved the towel animals. :-)

Kevin, cruise director, was very enthusiastic. He kept us all engaged and he worked well with his staff. I especially like Connor. It was a treat to see Connor every day and give him a "Momma" hug.

4 out of the five evenings I went to the Karaoke bar. George was our DJ the first 3 nights. He did an excellent job!

The last night we went to the Piano bar and listened (I watched his hands) to Barry. He is an excellent pianist. It was unfortunate that he had laryngitis. I pray he is feeling better. Thank him for playing every song I requested. (even "My Ding-a-ling" that my sister requested!)

This trip was a get-away for my sister and I. I had never gone on a cruise and we had never gone on a vacation, just she and I. We enjoyed ourselves, immensely. We were comfortable doing what we wanted to do and not doing what we didn't want to do. Your entire crew were welcoming and gracious no matter what we were doing.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Enjoyed all the delicious options!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
This 58 year old kids loved the Towel Animals puppet show and lesson on how to fold the animals.

Service and Staff

Nestor, Agus, Jorge

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It was clean and everything was nice. I realize that it is one of the older ships, but I think it was well kept. I just think it has a "retro" feeling and that was great!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Clean and comfortable

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Purchased private beach/meal ticket at Hilton British Columbia. Definitely the best choice for a relaxing stay at Nassau. Ask for Dianna - wait staff. She was the best!
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2 Comments

riley1220    7 years ago

Kevin is the sweetest cd I've had yet out of 5 cruises. And he's so funny. His 80s Guess the Song had me laughing my face off. I loved the whole crew on this ship. They are so welcoming and friendly. I'm glad you had a great time! This is my favorite ship.

driftwood285    7 years ago

I love Melina! She is so sweet. She remembered me from 5 months ago and that I wasn't with my husband that trip (I came with the girls I work with then). Not too many crew members would have remember that. I wish I had thought to take a picture with her. We loved Kevin as a cruise director also. He is very down to earth and wants everyone enjoying themselves. They both enjoy what they do and are wonderful assets to Carnival. We even booked another cruise on the Elation for next year because the crew is just wonderful and we love the smaller ship.

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