This was our first cruise on Carnival.

Item: Carnival Imagination
Rating: 4.4
Author: K9MOM

Carnival Imagination Cruise Review

K9MOM

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 12, 2014

Ship: Carnival Imagination

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed our short cruise with friends. Would recommend especially to first time cruisers or first time on Carnival. Hubby and I prefer more laidback style.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food and service was wonderful. Didn’t like being seated at large table with bunch of strangers. Plus being right next to extremely loud wedding party, 4 large tables, yelling throughout dinner. We requested a smaller table in a quieter area for the remaining time and enjoyed the rest of our cruise. They do have a celebration style preformance during some nights in dinning room.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Definitely geared for families or party people.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was clean and Steward was extremely nice.

Ship tip

Carnival is definitely a party atmosphere! It’s a beautiful ship, loved the Art Gallery. No refrigerator in rooms, I mention because our friend is diabetic and requested one to keep insulin in, they told him they ran out. The room steward kept fresh ice in their room to keep it cold. Our friends brought the small ice chest they kept it in during the car ride down.

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Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5

Walked to town and back from port. Friendly shop staff. Enjoyed sampling different tequilas in a shop.

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Catalina Island, California

4 out of 5

Beautiful. Mostly shopping area.

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Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Pretty, but LOTS of traffic.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

javawoody 3 years ago

Thanks for the review

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed, a great short cruise.

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ElizabethOregon 4 years ago

Really nice they were able to accommodate the seating change for dinner, now you know you can go ask first thing next time and avoid the awkwardness. Was the celebration in the dining room the “parade” of Baked Alaska? They did that on New Years cruise but I wasn’t sure if they brought it back for every sailing. I had remembered it from my very first cruise and really enjoyed seeing it again!

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