Although the ship is small, the staff is amazing

Item: Carnival Elation
Rating: 4.4
Author: eerrmmqq

Carnival Elation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

eerrmmqq

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 30, 2022

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: E299

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Good staff, smaller ship than expected, and the port of Jacksonville did a horrible job during the boarding process.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Wonderful

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Comedy shows, pool, musical shows, etc. and yes, we all enjoyed them.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Perfect.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

O2 was awesome.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Perfect service, couldn't ask for better.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

clean and well maintained, but the ship is significantly smaller than ships we sailed with prior to this sailing.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It was okay, but when the two bunk beds are unfolded, they cover the king bed, which makes it uncomfortable.

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

1 out of 5

It took us 2.5 hours to board when we had a boarding appointment. Standing under the sun for an hour, then we were taken out of the line because of the heat and into the exit building to stay in the shade for another 30 minutes (we lost our place in line), then we were taken back to the original line we were in to start with, but way in the back of it, for another hour. Very unorganized and chaotic. Then we found people that have boarding appointments an hour after our appointment, yet they were way ahead of us, although we arrived 30 minutes ahead of our appointment time.

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Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Great, and we didn't do an excursion there.

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Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

very good, no excursions.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

great.

8 Comments

GSpringer 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise on this older ship!

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DrueNSandy 2 years ago

Hope they get the embarkation straightened out by our August cruise!

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GabeNSteph 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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SeaNotes 2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Jacksonville's port is definitely underwhelming, usually chaotic and the ships (always Carnival) are older and much smaller than what is available at other ports in Florida. I live in Jacksonville and I won't cruise out of our port.

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blessednettie 2 years ago

We're sailing The Elation in September. Doing Margaritaville Resort (Day Pass) in Nassau!

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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lesplas 2 years ago

Thx for sharing

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