Carnival Elation Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Relaxing, fun & memorable Towel folding activity = fun

Just amazing small ship allows you to get to know your Capitan, Crew and Cruise Director. It's our favorite ship not only because we met on the Elation in 2006 but because she is small and easy to navigate as well as get to know everyone on a different level than you can on a big ship... We've made life long friends on the Elation and looking forward to meeting many more!

This is a budget cruise on a smaller older ship. One can not compare the larger party central cruises on brand new ships. However, if you want a low key quiet relaxing vacation. This is your ship. That’s what we look for we don’t want the bar / club scene on a ship.

Wonderful vacation, will definitely do it again in the future.

I was asked to plan a "first time cruise" for a friend and her mom. So I went along, to show them the ins/outs, what to do, etc. They had a blast! On our way back home, they were asking me when could I plan another cruise for them. They are hooked! LOL

First time cruiser. So much fun. Crew and staff made it great. Great ship. Clean and everything worked fine. Food was fabulous. Kids events and entertainment were outstanding. Gabe the cruise director was great. My kids loved his shows and towel animal making class fun.

A wonderful cruise. Great ship and so much fun, happy energy! We are already planning our next cruise with Carnival.

Excellent cruise for families! Princess Cays was fabulous. We enjoyed exploring Nassau!

This was my first one. Didn't know what to expect. It was fun.

I give everything good to very good marks however the elevator situation was unacceptable to us. We have 2 more Carnival cruises planned in the next few months. IF WE RUN INTO A SIMILAR ELEVATOR PROBLEM ON THESE NEXT 2 CRUISES WITH CARNIVAL WE WILL TRY ANOTHER CRUISE LINE.

My family had a magical time, we will never forget these memories.

We had a great time. We were able to relax when we wanted to, have drinks when we wanted, and party when we wanted. There was no one being rude or disrespectful. And what we loved, which I have never seen on Carnival before (only 3 trips) was security staff walking around making sure everything was okay.

This cruise was a first time cruise for several of my sister circle members, they truly enjoyed themselves and are awaiting our next adventure

I will not be doing this particular cruise again. Overall a waste of money for what was offered.

For a cheap cruise, it was a classic example of “you get what you pay for.” I’d pay more next time for a better experience and probably not on carnival if this cruise is what they are all like at the moment.

This ship needs to be retired. I will not be traveling carnival cruises again.

If I had to do it over again, I'd have cancelled this itinerary. Weed was able to be brought on board and nobody did anything to stop the people from reminding everybody on our deck that it was there. The food was absolutely atrocious. Never again will I be cruising on Carnival.

While the weather was not great and the seas were very rough with a lot of swaying and moving, it was overall a great and fun experience. Kids 16, 12, and 7 all cant wait to go on another one.

Boat was very rocky, I was sea sick most of the time with meds and arm bands !

This is my third cruise, my second and last with Carnival. Carnival cancelled our pre paid shore excusrion with less than 18 hours notce, and refinded me via a ship board cresit. Carnival could not say, as to why the excurion was cancelled, and I specifically asked client servces to refund that money back to my credit card, which they never did. I have been off the crusie three days now, and the money has still not ben refunded to my credit card. The staff is hit or miss, some staff are very hospitable, others look miserable. The buffett is sub par, stick to Guy's, the pizza bar or Blue Iguana for food. But I would advise booking a cruise with Noreweigan instead.