Panorama

Carnival Panorama Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 94

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Carnival Panorama

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 04, 2020

Ship: Carnival Panorama

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8426

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

A bit disappointed at first, as our only other experience was with Holland, and they were much more service oriented, but once I came to the realization that carnival is more fun oriented, it was a great cruise. Emma is fun, (cruise director) and super high energy! Great crew, fun ship, I’ll be back.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth and quick process

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The marketplace on Lido deck was disappointing. The specialty restaurants were amazing! Particularly JiJi

Bonsai Sushi

5 out of 5

Very inexpensive, excellent service, and awesome food!

Lido Marketplace

1 out of 5

Disappointed by the selection here. There are so many other places that are much much better! Had some cheese here that ruined the Lido Marketplace for my wife and I. Good place to avoid with all the other choices aboard.

Ji Ji Asian Kitchen

5 out of 5

JiJi Asian kitchen was hands down one of the best meals I’ve ever had. Great food, and fantastic service by friendly staff. Yeah, it’s an extra charge restaurant, but so very worth it at 15 bucks per person! If we’d have found this earlier in the cruise rather than the last evening, we’d have been back many times

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
The thermal spa was nice, 4 different saunas as well as the heated ceramic chairs. The rest of the spa was a little too high pressured to buy more services and products, especially after having multiple treatments (4 plus the thermal spa between my wife and I, plus we bought product)

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Playlist productions ROCKED! What a series of shows! We saw Soulbound, Rock Revolution, and Celestial strings. They were all amazing shows. Make sure you see at least one of their shows in the Liquid Lounge. Also, the electric violin trio of New Age were really good (yeah, I even bought their CD)

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Great service by the cabin stewards, Budi, our steward was friendly, courteous, and did a fantastic job. The room svc people that brought our coffee every morning were very friendly and early every time we ordered! 4 stars just because the Lido could use more personnel, and the spa was too high pressure. Everything else is 5 star.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Loved the ship! Clean, spacious, and bright. At no time other than disembarkation morning did it seem like there were over 5000 passengers and crew on board

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Well laid out, bright, and a spacious bathroom!

Ports of call

Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5
Did the hop on hop off bus tour. Really interesting city! Loved the buildings, friendly people, and beaches!

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5
Did the your van your way excursion, and had Mel as our driver/guide. Very knowledgeable about the city, took us to places all over, and we had some (and brought home) the best tequila I’ve ever had-La Novena tequila. Berenice at the tequila place was great!

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

2 out of 5
A bit too commercialized for me, we did no excursion here, just walked around.

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth and quick! (Once we were able to leave)- the waiting part after leaving the stateroom but before going ashore was not so good. Not enough seating for everyone with their luggage. Once we started to go ashore it was pleasingly quick and smooth
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9 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Domarera    4 years ago

Going in November. Can't wait!~

RetiredRay    4 years ago

4 months to go ☹️

patutley    4 years ago

Have a time share their love it

fonzzie67c3d42    4 years ago

We are cruising on February 15th.

MsJeannie    4 years ago

I love your Mazatlan tip about the Hop on Hop Off. I will look into this.

ToyeJ    4 years ago

Thanks for the review I will be there in August 2020

kimber17    4 years ago

I will be there in July!

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed.

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