Our first, but not our last, cruise

Carnival Elation Cruise Review

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Carnival Elation

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 28, 2019

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: M99

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Our first, but won’t be our last cruise. We had a great time.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
We carried our luggage on and there is a lot of up hill walking. After bumping into an older couple that had one of their important bags lost for 4 of the 5 days we are glad that we could.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Guys burgers were greasy and awesome. Breakfast buffet was good. Pizza was good. The main dining was very nice and we ate all of dinners there, along with a breakfast. Staff were continually working to meet your needs and clean up the area after.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
They had two comedians onboard. We went to see Smiley Joe from Vegas three times. He was not politically correct & he was hilarious. Not for the easily offended people. The other comedian wasn’t funny, was vulgar and we didn’t last 15 minutes in his show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our dining room staff were amazing. After the first night they knew everyone’s name.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
We watched as people would get up from a table the staff were immediately there cleaning up so that another guest could sit down at a clean table.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a king size bed (two twins pushed together). The room seemed large enough, plenty of storage and the bathroom was a decent size. Believe everything you hear about the suction of the toilet.... 🤣

Ship tip

Book some kind of excursion at Amber Cove. We didn’t find any access to a beach. Grand Turks was beautiful and there were people there offering all kinds of services and access to beaches were abundant.

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Book some kind of excursion at Amber Cove. We didn’t find any access to a beach.

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Grand Turks was beautiful and there were people there offering all kinds of services and access to beaches were abundant

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Went smooth considering all the people onboard. Carrying the luggage off was a lot easier than on, due to walking downhill, versus uphill when coming onboard.

Traveler Photos

Learning how to make towel animals A lot of fun was had in this section of the ship. Dining room staff Main entertainment area.
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4 Comments

TrishaWillet    5 years ago

Awesome! Can someone enlighten me about the toilet suction??? 🤣🤣🤣 my 1st cruise is next year and this is my 1st time seeing a reference to suction 🤣🤣

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Fantastic...so happy for you!

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Great and once you do one you want to do more.

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Happy to hear you enjoyed your first cruise and a nice positive review.

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