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Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Carnival Elation

4 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 27, 2018

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The overall experience was great. The weather cooperated most of the cruise and the crew we're all fun and friendly. Other than a few issues with the ship, one of the ships propellers quit working during the cruise and had to be repaired and of course the elevator was working in the atrium and only one soft serve machine, I would rate this a 7 out of 10

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Excellent, the faster to the fun package is worth the puchase

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The food in the dining room and buffets were amazing! The crew was more than courteous and helpful.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Ladies pampering and spa, good but I feel the massage was under my expectations. It was a late appointment and I didn't receive the full massage and it's wasn't deep tissue as my purchase was to be.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Awesome stage shows!! Especially the love and marriage show which was interaction with the guest and the 80's rock show!!

Children's Programs

No children with me

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our stewards and waiters were the best. The wait staff was fun, entertaining and attentive

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The atrium which is very busy only had one elevator working. That was a huge negative for our group. The areas were clean at all times

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The stewards we're very helpful if we needed anything, they maintained our room very well. This was the best stateroom we've ever had

Ship tip

Purchase the faster to the fun package and internet package make sure to print out a map of the ship, in the hallways it's very easy to get disoriented to place

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida Did not visit port

It's was a quick in and out

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5
This port has very little to interest a person if the weather causes cancellation of excursions and it's not sightly at all.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
Amazing location even if you don't purchase an exxursion

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Due to the weather having us fogged in for an extra few hours folks were getting a bit disgruntled. However, it wasn't the crews fault or the cruise line and the crew did make it a little less stressful. The faster to the fun package also allowed us to be one of the first to disembark when the fog kifted
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1 Comment

willwork4cruz    5 years ago

Only one soft serve machine! That's worth at least one star.

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