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Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 96

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Elation

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 17, 2020

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: M80

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We chose the Elation due to the great price for a family of 5 in an interior and because I wanted to try these ports. I’d go back to both ports and would cruise Elation again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Port Canaveral is very organized, clean, great waiting area

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Most things were delicious and fresh. Some items weren’t as well made as on other ships (including the melting cake) which is why I gave it a 4.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Kids enjoyed camp, Family enjoyed BINGO, pools, hot tubs (although only the Serenity area ones are hot), kids loved waterworks, comedy shows and music shows were fun.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Pretty good but similar to other ships.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Love the camp!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room steward was not very attentive or personable. Other staff was mostly fantastic!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Our room and common areas were clean but the Elation is rusting really badly. Hope they clean her up in drydock next week.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
5 in an interior (kids age 4, 7, 10) and we were fine. Kept the kids clothes in an open suitcase under bed that we pulled out as needed. Adults got to use the closet space. Worked well.

Ship tip

It rocks so if you are prone to motion sickness, bring meds.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Easy parking and port area. Got to see a rocket launch on our drive to the port!

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Excursion included zip lining and waterfalls. Port area was clean and fun should you choose to just stay and use pools, water slides, and zip lines there.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Visited Jack’s Shack and Margaritaville. Fun day and snorkeling not the greatest but saw sea turtles which was exciting.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Delayed and people not following directions so took awhile to disembark. Got off 1.5 hrs late due to storm on the last night.
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3 Comments

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Fantastic review, thank you!

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed.

shonetteb    4 years ago

Thank you for the information!

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