Don't Sail on the Elation

Item: Carnival Elation
Rating: 3.1
Author: rburton1228

Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

rburton1228

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2018

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M176

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Comedy was great. Magic show, crafts, build a bear, pool, arcade were all very underwhelming. only 1 small pool for 3k people is awful. only 1 set of cornhole boards caused lines to wait to play for over an hour at a time. The food was no where near as good as your other ships. Getting rid of 24 hour FREE room service was not a good call. The internet connection is lowsy for the price. The best thing about our cruise was the islands and the comedy show.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Much faster than usual.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Comedy show with Cowboy Comedian was incredible for both family and rated R. The magic show was so bad that we actually walked out. The Build a Bear was presented online as if it were a shop, & it was not.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Staff were not nearly as accommodating or friendly as I've seen on all other Carnival ships and they are far from the customer service level of Disney cruise staff.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Dont do it. There was 1 single pool for almost 3k people and it was so packed that we couldn't even get in. The activities were all mediocre except the Comedy. The crafts activity was severly misrepresented and so was the build a bear. I will never go on this ship again. It's definitely the lower standard ship of all of Carnival.

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Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

4 out of 5

No complaints other than the heat @ disembarkation The fans were all placed to blow on the luggage and not on those of us waiting in line. The luggage didn't need to be cooled off, we did.

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Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

1 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

6 Comments

csmith5424 6 years ago

How was your room? We are booked in M176 in fecember

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vsinnc1 6 years ago

I agree. The food in the dining room has went way down in quality too.

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Trollydoll50 6 years ago

At full capacity The Elation holds just under 3000 guests. It has been booked most of the summer with 2900+ every cruise🛳🛳🛳🛳

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stkate 6 years ago

Go the day before and get a hotel with a pool and the day after your cruise and use the pool if you can.

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jparis8299 6 years ago

First of all, ship doesn’t even hold 3,000 guests 😂😂 second Disney is not even close to a fair comparison (Im sure you noticed a price difference as well lol) next month is my 3rd time on this ship and have never had a bad experience, I’ve had excellent service and food. And no this is not the only ship I’ve been on or the only cruiseline

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DebandMarkC 6 years ago

Good to know

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