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Carnival Firenze Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

1.6 out of 5
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Carnival Firenze

4 Night Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 12, 2024

Ship: Carnival Firenze

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6311

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

Would not recommend. The ship design is odd, the food options are very limited. The entertainment is sub par and the ports of call are meh. Biggest disappointment is the lack of hospitality from the staff. It was not a true carnival experience- the staff not only were not welcoming but also not apologetic when things went wrong.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The buffet was atrocious - extremely limited options and very crowded. The layout is really bad.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Been on cruises before with better amenities in the same price range.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
While the entertainment that was provided was good - there wasn’t enough making the comedy shows and other entertainment in the smaller lounges very crowded. They needed more of everything.

Children's Programs

No children.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
The staff was not welcoming like we are used to with Carnival. Did not feel hospitality like expected. Very unapologetic when things were pointed out to them like hair on towels and garbage left in our cabin when checking in.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Ship design is odd and the overall cleanliness was fine but the stateroom was not.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
The stateroom when we checked in had hair on 3/4 of the towels and garbage left in the bathroom. Did not make us feel that the stateroom had been cleaned well which made us uneasy about healthy and hygiene.

Ship tip

I would recommend booking another option.

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

2 out of 5
Not much to do.
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Catalina Island, California

2 out of 5
Not much to do.
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Ensenada, Mexico

2 out of 5
Not much to do.
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Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Very unorganized
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11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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robin27     5 months ago

I was just on this cruise and it was quite the opposite for us. Ship was beautiful and we had a very nice time. Disembark was a disaster. But we would definitely do that cruise again.
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LisaKitty     6 months ago

One review, no other activity. Just came here to complain because they aren't getting 5 star luxury resort service and Michelin star cuisine on a budget cruise budget. Yawn ...
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Kingboxer     6 months ago

That’s carnival
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Dumfy75     6 months ago

Can never understand why people rate food and drink based solely on the buffet - its food for the masses and convenient for breakfast and the odd meal here or there, there must have been so much more on offer!
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willwork4cruz     6 months ago

What was limited about the food? Did they have Guy’s, Blue Iguana, etc?
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bychance67     6 months ago

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Kracka     6 months ago

That's unfortunate 😕
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karlgrgurich     6 months ago

Hope your next cruise is better
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cruising2004     6 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.
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HeavySeas     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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