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Carnival Elation Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Elation

4 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 04, 2024

Ship: Carnival Elation

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

All in all had a great time, it was a cruise after all. Pizza is open from 9am to 4am, but lines get long. They seemed to only have 1 person serving, plus they had to stop, go to back to get more pizzas then serve them then repeat process. Could ease lines if someone else wad bringing out puzzas

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Uneventful. Went smoothly, fairly fast. Random groups carry ons searched by dogs

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room was ok. Some items were absolutely delicious, but most was simply ok. Guys burgers is always great, but hours are only 12 noon to 6pm. Blue iguana is good also, but really short hours. Buffet area was ok, nothing special.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
There was plenty to do, always something going on.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Only went yo one show in main theater , the one with the rock songs. It was a good show. Lots of good music. Some of the other acts around the ship were good also, especially the violin duo. If you get the chance, stop and listen to them for a bit

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Seems to be layed out badly in places, as far as moving people. Many places seemed to be choke points that created lines to move through

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was spacious for two people. Adequate storage space for clothes. Great service from room steward

Ship tip

You need to download the carnival hub app. You need it to check in to dining room and to see menu(or code). You can also use it to check on board account, see what's happening each day and has a ship map

Ports of call

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

4 out of 5
Freeport is always just ok to us, but we did excursion to banana Bay hidden Beach, even though it was chilly and windy, beach and water were beautiful. Food was good and reasonably priced.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
It's been a few years since we were here. They have really done a nice job of improving the area at the docks and built nice shopping area right at the pier. Also still plenty of shopping right outside the fenced area

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Process moved smoothly and quite fast.

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