Great cruise with only one let down!

Item: Carnival Elation
Rating: 4.3
Author: jreed63

Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

jreed63

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2018

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R157

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall we enjoyed the cruise and had a great time. The upgrades to the ship were really nice, and the crew and staff were above and beyond great, going out of their way to be super nice and courteous and assuring our every need was addressed. As stated above the only real negative is the fact that the lobster shack was not operating the day we were on Half Moon Cay and everyone in our party was really looking forward to enjoying lobster on the beach. I think we should have been informed about this before we had to find out the hard way. Would still recommend the cruise as we had a great time and enjoyed the beautiful Caribbean sun and scenery, and of course the food.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

4 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

The island and beach is beautiful, but I think the BBQ buffet could be improved with better quality burgers (tasted like frozen supermarket burgers). Also very disappointed in the fact that the lobster shack was not open for business. This was one of the bucket list items we were looking forward to (especially the children) but it was not in operation and no one cared to give an explanation or even let us know in advance.

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Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

6 Comments

Juliebc3811 6 years ago

Sailing in August! Thanks for the review!

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SheSailsFL 6 years ago

Glad you like the ship! It ports in my city and I’m looking forward to sailing on her!

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Texasmongoose 6 years ago

Half Moon Cay is owned by Holland America. My understanding is that they maintain the Lobster Shack and it is only open when Holland America ships are there.😎🇨🇱

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harleychick421 6 years ago

Glad you had a nice cruise!

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munchkin83 6 years ago

Thank you for the review my family will be going on the Elation this August. I am looking forward to the trip.

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Loved the ship

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