My first cruise

Item: Carnival Firenze
Rating: 4.5
Author: toodoo1010

Carnival Firenze Cruise Review

toodoo1010

Contributor Level: Purser

148 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 Night Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 21, 2024

Ship: Carnival Firenze

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

We got off at both ports (Catalina & Ensenada) to do excursions which in my opinion made the cruise. I did a lot of relaxing but there were a lot of entertainment options available to me. The dinner service wasn't great, but I found a few free restaurants that were. Even pay restaurants were not much. Nice first cruise!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

The people who took me on the cruise were Platinum level, so I was very lucky and got to skip the line.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone who worked on the ship was so incredibly helpful sweet and kind. It was only a 4-day cruise and by the time I left they felt like family.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

I loved the style of the ship's elevators and the way the flat screens worked instead of buttons. In my opinion it was way more efficient than traditional elevators. I was so impressed with our room attendant. She was a literal angel. She worked so hard to make sure we had anything and everything we wanted, and to clean a room twice a day so that everything was perfect and our beds were always made and tucked in. Common areas were always perfect there was never a time when I saw a piece of trash on the floor or food left behind.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had a balcony cabin and it was perfect. The size was just fine for the three of us. I slept on the pull-out couch and it was extremely comfortable and I slept wonderful every night. It was so nice to be able to sit outside on the balcony and get some fresh air and lots of air into the cabin as well.

Ship tip

Maybe have some patience. They really pack people in. My next cruise is on Royal Caribbean so we'll see what happens.

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Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

9 Comments

AlmstDr1 1 month ago

Thanks for the review! Very nice. Traveling shortly....looking forward to this ship.

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Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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TiffyTaffy 1 month ago

Great to see you had a wonderful first cruise!

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AuntPinkie 1 month ago

Welcome to the wonderful world of cruising. Appreciate your feedback. Happy you had friends with you to make sure you knew what to expect. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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HeavySeas 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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willwork4cruz 1 month ago

Glad you had a good time on your first cruise. Those smart elevators are great. I really missed them on our last cruise with regular dumb elevators stopping at every floor even though we were already too full.

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cruising2004 1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful first cruise!

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javawoody 1 month ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

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