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Item: Carnival Imagination
Rating: 3.7
Author: tgarvo

Carnival Imagination Cruise Review to Mexico

tgarvo

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Vote: 1

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 02, 2018

Ship: Carnival Imagination

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R35

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Love how they know your name from day one! Great cruise for a short trip! Will be doing a longer warmer one next time.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

The staff were friendly and kept things moving smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

buffet food was ok. Dining was great. Bottomless bubbles was a waste of money unless you drink 20 cans of soda a day and not in port where you get to pay additional for taxes.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

There was enough things to keep us busy. Only problem is thing overlapped so we had to leave early to things to get to the next

Spa Carnival

2 out of 5

They don’t always share prices with you until your done. I got a Bday coupon for 50$ off and won the raffle for 40$ off. I couldn’t double up the coupons so my friend I I used them. Went for a facial since online before we left it was the cheapest thing and I had never had one. When done she hands me a bill for 165$ then with my 50$ off I still had to pay 116$ My friends ended up being 210$ (we got the same thing)it felt great but would have been nice to know it was that much before. We would have reconsidered and spent our money elsewhere.

Resort Style Pool

2 out of 5

Small and COLD. Not heated so I didn’t go in.

Jewelry Shop

3 out of 5

Kind of disappointed of their chains by the inch. It’s not real. All plated. Seems pricey for fake.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Staff were awesome. Only reason for the 4 stars is the bartenders were not always friendly and some acted like you were bugging them

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Design is out of date!! But clean for the most part

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was bigger than I thought per reading previous reviews. My friend and I didn’t feel cramped at all. Loved the ocean view!

Ship tip

explore and get to know your ship. It helped us know where stuff was and ask lots of questions. We didn’t and found hints on the last day to do that we would have done the whole cruise like the sauna.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Good port cool things to see while waiting to leave.

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Catalina Island, California

3 out of 5

Not a lot to explore unless you do excursions. We did the gold cart tour and they were not very friendly and only let us take it on the one small tour. You must rent a minimum of 2 hr but their tour only takes 1

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Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5

We booked the zip line/labufadora tour through the bus company. It was great ! Jesus ( Magnifico) was a great guide prices were cheaper than through the cruise.

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