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Carnival Elation Cruise Review

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Elation

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 03, 2023

Ship: Carnival Elation

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

The drive to get there was long but for a first timer, it was great! Got me hooked!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
It was a little all over the place...but once out of the long line outside, it went pretty fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
With so many different places to eat, it's hard not to find something you would like.

BlueIguana Cantina

4 out of 5

Yummy!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We went to some karaoke shows...the kids were great and the college students made it funny.

Casablanca Casino

5 out of 5

I won but my husband lost :( still came out ahead. It was fun

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The two comedy shows were great, very funny. DJs did a good job with music. Cruise director did a good end of cruise show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Shout out to the best employees on the ship... 1. Merta - room steward 2. Eddie - bartender 3. I Komang - bartender 4. Marites Samarista - team member of the month...did a little of everything, kept the lido deck clean. 5. Wendell - server Round of applause to all!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We stayed in a porthole cabin..it was great.

Ship tip

There where lots of kids on our cruise, so pools were always full. Not a big deal for me since i wasn't going to use them anyways. And the kids use the seats at the bars, it wasn't a deal breaker but still..at a bar.

Ports of call

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
There are stingrays to the left as soon as you get off the dock. Don't miss them like I did.. :(

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Lots of shopping. We went the Warwick resort for the day, it was beautiful.

Jacksonville, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

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6 Comments

jurias0570     8 months ago

Drive is part of fun

Sogmoore     10 months ago

Great pix and thanks for sharing

javawoody     11 months ago

Welcome to cruising. Glad you enjoyed your first cruise.

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

lsbs     11 months ago

Thanks for the review.

cruising2004     11 months ago

Welcome to cruise life! Glad you had an enjoyable time on your cruise. Thank you for your detailed review.

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