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Carnival Imagination Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Carnival Imagination

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2018

Ship: Carnival Imagination

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R 248

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Again good cruise for a weekend away but not the vacation of your dreams.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
extremely fast ! and smooth.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Buffets were very basic compared to other cruises not great not awful. PRIDE dining room was awful ! SPIRIT was 100% better. our server ANI was amazing !!!

Pool Bar

5 out of 5

RED FROG was open all the time and had good drinks.

Spirit Dining Room

5 out of 5

We had ANI and she was just awesome I cant even say enough! Food was perfect service was perfect!

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

service was the worst I have ever had on a ship. The food was over cooked and we waited what seemed all night.

Spirit Dining Room

5 out of 5

Cant say enough how great service and food was.

Pride Dining Room

1 out of 5

ewwww all around ! Food and service !

Illusion's Dance Club

5 out of 5

Good music! Fast drink service.

Grand Buffet

3 out of 5

meh. boringggg

Bar

3 out of 5

They were ok

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
YOGA and PILATES !!! So fun ! great instructor!!!

Serenity

4 out of 5

Nice adult only hang out ! I mean the title serenity made me think quiet relaxing, but drunk ass people ruin it and also stay in the jacuzzi way longer then the allotted time frame.

Gymnasium

5 out of 5

nice gym very small, Got really packed. Class instructor was Amazing !

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Great performers! The people center and front are good at what they do. DJs played very good music through out the boat.

Dynasty Main Lounge

5 out of 5

Large and FUN

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
with the exception of spirit dining and a few bar people, I expected phenomenal service, like other cruises I've been on. Sadly, this was not the case. I even experienced some attitude from some workers.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The rooms were not clean. Upon arrival I had a dirty used rag in my shower and mold on the bathroom walls. The rooms were cleaned daily which was nice but like make bed and dump trash cleaned lol. Room window was dirty so we could barely see out of it 😔 The ship was easy to navigate. Apart from the fumes of paint during the trip and a late departure in catalina due to some ship " issue "... ship seemed well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Good size, nice pillows, vanity, alot of closet space. At first glance appears clean, then when you actially spend time in there its quite dirty.

Ship tip

Dont have high expectations! Its a great weekend get away not a "vacation" to remember.

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5
expensive
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Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
papas and beer !!!
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
very smooth and quick.
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SoCalGinger    6 years ago

Agreed! 👌🏽We do it instead of Vegas. I pick Princess or a 7 day for a vacation.
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