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Carnival Jubilee Cruise Review

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Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 114

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Jubilee

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 23, 2023

Ship: Carnival Jubilee

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12424

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

The Jubilee did not disappoint- Kendall Fire is the best cruise director!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was easy, got on the ship very quickly with 11:00 AM arrival appt. Terminal improvements were noticeable and facilitated the process quite well.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
So many choices for mealtime!!! MDR - we only went 3 times on this week-long cruise partly due to that, but also because there was nothing really memorable about the MDR experience. We had early dining, typically at 6 pm but on this cruise, times were rolled back to 5 pm… I guess that’s due to 6,200 passengers. It seemed the personalized service of the waiters was missing too, we dined in the Atlantic (midship) dining on day 1, then moved to Pacific (aft) for days 2-3 due to table location preference. The food was very good, but often the hot foods were only warm. The rest of the cruise we dined at the Italian restaurant, Guys Burgers, Big Chicken, and ChiBang(best food and service). Libreakfast was always good,

Big Chicken

5 out of 5

Eat Here!!!

Chibang!

5 out of 5

Best meal and service on Jubilee!

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

First meal on embarkation day, it’s a tradition! It is ALWAYS good!

Street Eats

5 out of 5

Pizza or hot sandwiches for lunch - yum!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Shows in the Jubilee theater were some of the best I’ve seen on Carnival. Rio Carnival! was great!

Casino

5 out of 5

Huge casino

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward Tri was awesome! Johnathan our casino server was great!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Balcony room was small but adequate. Bathroom is small but love the shower door! Lots of outlets and USB ports, and a huge tv.

Ship tip

Elevators are disturbingly small for such a large ship.

Ports of call

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Take a taxi to Mahahual and walk on the beachside boardwalk area.

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarking was easy, just follow their instructions. System gets clogged up when people don’t do that.
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