We had a great time!

Item: Carnival Elation
Rating: 4
Author: bebefirk

Carnival Elation Cruise Review

bebefirk

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

4 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 09, 2023

Ship: Carnival Elation

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: U229

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

The lido buffet is small and when the area has a lot of people it was hot as hell. There were minimal kids and we were able to get in the hot tub on Serenity.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Was pretty quick less than 30 minutes from drop off, getting a porter, waiting in line and boarding !

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

It’s a smaller ship but the staff was amazing. The CD was so high energy and just plain fun.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5

I didn’t do any excursions, just walked around the port and purchased souvenirs. Next time I go back I’ll take an excursion to a beach. The port area had another ship and it was full of people. Some of the souvenir shops aren’t too honest and I had one take my change.

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Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

I did not get off the ship

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Jacksonville, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

This was the best disembarkation ever! We selected a time on the HUB app( 8:05am-8:25am- express) we went to deck 9 and waited with our bags at 715. We received a notification at 7:55 to head downstairs. We were able to get an elevator to Deck 7, get in line and be off the ship and through customs before 8:20!!!

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