Overall, its a Meh

Carnival Imagination Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5
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Carnival Imagination

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 17, 2017

Ship: Carnival Imagination

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: U6

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

If it's your first trip with kids give it a try. It's pretty cheap and the ports are fun to see. If you want a great time go to the Eastern Caribbean, tons more to do, better beaches, great history, culture and weather.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
They seemed to move us on and off the ship fairly quickly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Typical Carnival cruise. Average food, too many alcoholics and the stops are boring. For the money its a good trip but if you have been anywhere else it's a disappointment.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Not much to do if you don't drink. The shows were good when they had them but they had nothing for two of the four nights. Hasbro games were not very good.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
What they had was good but they need to have something good every night. The comedians were not good.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Service has gone way down with the mandatory tips. We didn't have soap the entire trip and every time we went to our room the crew were on their cell phones.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Average carnival ship. They claim its been refurbished but it looks exactly like it did when we went on it two years ago.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Nothing special. On the positive side, the toilet never backed up. :)

Ship tip

its ok,

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

1 out of 5
Really? They count this as a "stop" but that is a joke. If you fly in with all of you bags you can't really see Long Beach because you are toting around 4 suitcases. Uber helps but you still need to drag your stuff in and out of the restaurants.

Catalina Island, California

4 out of 5
Fun place to see one time. Parasailing was great but you can book this on your own and save some money.

Ensenada, Mexico

2 out of 5
Not much going on near the port. The blow hole is cool but you will need to fight off the sales people along the way and pay for a place to pee.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Very good. Best we have ever had and this was our fifth cruise.
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3 Comments

pnccarlson    7 years ago

but if you live on the west coast sometimes its either here or no cruise

ginaharley    7 years ago

first cruise on liberty can't wait

DerekMire    7 years ago

Would not go with kids