Sad Cabo and no sleep

Item: Carnival Firenze
Rating: 3.6
Author: candacemjohnson

Carnival Firenze Cruise Review to Mexico

candacemjohnson

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2024

Ship: Carnival Firenze

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2234

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

Our first cruise first time away from our ten kids celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. Was so excited for some relaxation and unfortunately wasn’t ever able to relax and rest. Club O2 above our stateroom parties till the late hours Cabo was disappointing the water taxis took forever and we despite being in the front of the line for numbers didn’t get off the boat till one. It wasn’t a day in Cabo. It was hours. The weather was crummy on our day at sea to Ensenada so that was a bummer as well.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Embarkation was fine, smooth process

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

No excuse to ever go hungry. Lots of options

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Hot tub, comedy show, game show. Lots of options.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Lots of options for entertainment

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Wonderful staff

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Super nice and always super clean

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Cabin was nice and clean but it is under the teen club O2 so if you are going on a cruise to relax you won’t sleep at all.

Ship tip

Check floor above you before booking room

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

1 out of 5

Water taxi were super slow and wasn’t able to get off boat till 1pm and had to be back on by 4 super disappointing and lame

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Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy smooth and fast process

6 Comments

Sogmoore 3 months ago

We have made the same mistake years ago. Now we always look at the ship map to make our room choice. Congratulations on your 20th anniversary. Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 3 months ago

Thanks for the feedback

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cruising2004 3 months ago

Sorry your first cruise wasn’t the best. Always look at the ships map and double check there are cabins below and above.

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AuntPinkie 3 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. You learned a valuable lesson about cabin location. We try to have cabins above and below. We tried one below the shops once because we thought the hours would let us sleep in. Nope! Sorry you didn’t get to relax as planned.

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HeavySeas 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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