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Carnival Elation Cruise Review

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Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Carnival Elation

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 05, 2022

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M139

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We booked the cruise to surprise my best friend it was so nice to get to spend some much-needed time off hanging out, we are cruising again together in September.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Smooth getting on, seems the captain was running a bit last getting out of port

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Imagination Dining Room

4 out of 5

We ate most of our meals in the dining room, the staff were all excellent. The food… well… warm at best. I don’t want to be so negative but I feel I should be honest & I need to say the food Quality was terrible, for instants I ordered the Fillet from the steakhouse menu and it was a very large piece of meat, I ordered medium and this thing was still kick’n And I don’t want to complain but then the waiter asked how my food was and so I showed him and he Apologized profusely and then one of the managers came over and also apologized they took my steak and re-cooked it or cooked it(lol) That’s kinda how it went for ever other meal in there. I feel they could do better i fact I know they can, I’ve been there to witness it!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
I can’t say enough about every single crew member that I had interaction with, they go above and beyond my expectations.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Love the smaller ships, old design where sometime when your not paying attention your on an elevator where you need to walk up a flight and over but that my own fault. I over heard a man yelling at a crew member because of how cut up the ship is and he can’t wait to get off and go home. All I kept thinking is is this the worst thing that had ever happened in your life???

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our room attended was great I with I could remember his name. Just a few issues with the room and I went to the front desk and within a few hours all were fixed. Bed super comfy, pillows were lovely, bedding was soft, temp perfect, quite peaceful and you could nap anytime you wanted.

Ship tip

Buy the tee shirts for St. Jude !!!!for a great cause!

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

5 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
Unfortunately this was canceled due to the Hurricane, haven’t been here and so excited to visit, next time.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
We booked a beach excursion unfortunately that was canceled due to the hurricane. So our group walked around the port did some shopping and stopped and had lunch at senior frogs.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Because we were delayed getting back to port by a day and a half, let’s just say we all wanted off asap. I often wonder if I was ever in a position for an extra day on a cruise how I would handle it, you how exciting right??? Not! Nothing really planned on board, casino not open, peoples moods ( they were over it as much as we were) So no one really cared about the “order “ you were supposed to get off, everyone just got in line with or without luggage. Port authorities seemed to have taken their time allowing us to start to disembark. We were finally off the boat at 4:30 and then had a 4 1/2 drive.
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