Not my favorite ship layout

Item: Carnival Panorama
Rating: 4
Author: MrsHourtal

Carnival Panorama Cruise Review

MrsHourtal

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 04, 2020

Ship: Carnival Panorama

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2450

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was fun but the ship layout was badly designed

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

It was the same food every day at the buffet. Not the best. I feel they do that so you pay for all the nice restaurants around the ship. Food in main dining room for dinner was good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

All of the activities on the ship were fun.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Entertaining was mediocre but the comedians were very funny.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

My 11 year old daughter was bored with the activities in the shark program

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone was very friendly and extremely helpful.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

The design of the layout is just bad. It doesn’t flow well at all. By far the worst ship layout. It was very clean but it was only the 4th sailing so I wouldn’t expect it to be dirty.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Loved the room. Was surprised to see two bathrooms. One bathroom with a standard cruise show with sink and toilet. The other bather has a small tub and a sink. We had 5 people in our room. 2 adults and a 15, 13 and 11 year old. We had enough room. Beds were comfortable room was comfortable.

Ship tip

Check your luggage in when getting on the Panorama but carrying it off is best. It was so fast and easy doing it that way. It took my husband and I a few days to find the serenity deck (adults only) it’s on deck 15 in the front of the boat. It was so nice there.

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Ports of call

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5

This is the place to do ATV’ing. It was amazing. On a private beach. I’ll attach a picture of the place we went to. We booked this excursion once we got off the boat.

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Best port by far. We zip lined at the place where they filmed Predator. There was 10 zip lines. Some big and some small. Some that went upto 70 mph. There was also a waterfall that you could go in. The most amazing day. Shopping after was also amazing. Beaches are beautiful. We are going to book a trip just to visit PV again.

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Mazatlan, Mexico

1 out of 5

BORING! We didn’t do an excursion at this port. Every single person who I talked to that didn’t do an excursion said it was also boring. I heard people talking about having a good time zip lining or going to stone island. We will do something if we ever go back. Shopping was no good.

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Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Very organized and fast and easy to get on the ship.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very fast and easy.

Traveler Photos

14 Comments

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Kewl

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trenstravels 4 years ago

Thanks for sharing, hadn't heard much about the layout, so your opinion is very interesting.

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bennett48 4 years ago

Only thing I was disappointed in...bathrooms were no marked over head in walk ways...could never find one....and at 72 it’s always time!

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jimmherz 4 years ago

This is for all the negative reviews. I have been on 42 cruises and I’m 58 years old. A cruise vacation is what you make of it. Every person gets something different from his/her cruise vacation. I will admit it’s hot and miss with the food. As long as the ship has enough gas and food, I’m good!

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jimmherz 4 years ago

Sounds like you should have stayed home.

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RetiredRay 4 years ago

4 more months and we find out.

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2013shaggy 4 years ago

Do you have any pictures of your room it sounds like ocean view deluxe and I have one booked for feb wondering what it looks like thanks in advance

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kimber17 4 years ago

195 more days for me!

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fbjohnnie2003 4 years ago

Vista class all together is badly laid out in the design. I traveled on Vista and decided after that write vista class off

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Rc45cruise 4 years ago

I will let you guys know soon I will be there on april 18

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jallaway 4 years ago

Add another vote from me for "not my favorite ship layout.". They really overhyped the new lobbies and the anytime dining check in is a nuisance.

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TysIdaho 4 years ago

Weird, we had an epic time in Mazatlan without an excursion. We just hired a taxi driver in one of those funky cars only in Mazatlan.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed

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packer2687 4 years ago

I love the layout of the vista class ships

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