Not a fan of the Italian cruise idea

Carnival Firenze Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
Carnival Firenze

4 Night Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 12, 2024

Ship: Carnival Firenze

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1201

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

The ship is new so it’s very clean. The food just plain stinks. No italian food as expected however regardless the food was not enjoyable like past ships. Guys burgers rocked ofcourse but half the stations in Lisi deck were never open. The elevators are the WORST! Plan on waiting long times unless you use the stairs. Navigating the ship was a nightmare. You had to go up, down over and up again to get to certain venues. Pools are very small, both of them and the jacuzzis are what you would find in a backyard. Very small and as you expect overcrowded. Table games were fun and about all I can say was actually close to any other experience on Carnival cruises. Debarkation was digital but they had to go around one hallway and back up the other to get out so instead of 50 ft exit it turned into 350 yards! If you have a lot of luggage you are in for a workout. All in all, save your money and cruise on a different ship. This feels like carnival got stuck with a Costa ship and tried to make the best of it but failed. Pretty sure this Italian cruise campaign won’t be around long. Hopefully Panorama in November will be better.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Carnival embarkation is very slow compared to Others.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The food was unfortunately not the best at all. Mostly are Guys burgers and the pizza shack most of the cruise.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Bingo took 2.5 hours. The comedy show was pretty good but overall not a lot to do like past Carnival cruises

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Nothing like past cruises. Very limited engagement

Children's Programs

No children with me

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Room attendant was a little creepy. Not a lot of welcome aboard or good mornings going on.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was clean because it was new. I will say that it is not easy to get from one end of the ship to the other and the smart elevators were terrible. Use the stairs.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin was good size. The extra bed from the roof was great. Also the shower door was better than a curtain.

Ship tip

Don’t do it.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
Embarkation

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5
Passenger ships are always quick

Ensenada, Mexico

3 out of 5
Ensenada is ghetto just be careful.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Made us walk around the ship in a circle to get off. If you have a lot of luggage you are in for a workout.

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9 Comments

willwork4cruz     5 months ago

I love the smart elevators. I really missed them on my last cruise when the elevator would stop at every floor even though it was full. Sorry you couldn’t appreciate them.

YAY2024     5 months ago

Was that the inaugural cruise?

lisa86404     5 months ago

Thanks for review,

Gwbigdog     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

dkantouth     6 months ago

I for one am looking forward to our cruise on her. Based on the number of times I have been thru that port and your review of it, I think I will enjoy it. Thanks for sharing.

HeavySeas     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     6 months ago

Appreciate your comments

cruising2004     6 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

jallaway     6 months ago

Wellllll.... You might be in for an unfortunate surprise. Both ships are Vista class ships which means they're both that crazy confusing layout and are going to have pretty much the same pools and Hot tubs. And if you thought the Costa was too much like Carnival, why would you want to go on a similar Carnival ship?

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