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Item: Carnival Panorama
Rating: 3.5
Author: kimaleebrambila

Carnival Panorama Cruise Review to Mexico

kimaleebrambila

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 27, 2021

Ship: Carnival Panorama

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10232

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Planned a reunion with a long lost relative. Never happened. Being almost 2 hours late due to us being flagged for no reason at all. Then my wife became I'll from dinner. We missed our schedule appt to view photos because she was in bed We tried to contact the photographer but noone ever returned our email . And we were unable to purchase any photos Customer service offered us a free bottle of wine for the delay at check-in. Great we don't drink. Wife was not able to see her biological dad and we gave no anniversary pics. We feel let down

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Horrible. We were flagged 3 times. Noone would or could give us an explanation as to why. We missed a meeting due to the delay.. IA bad start.. That only got worse.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The Vista was just ok. The best specialty was Cucina

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We sat at the pool. But like I said our whole mood changed due to the delay.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedy was funny

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

We checked in and in the side table were 4 knives. We called customer service. The steward retrieved them from our cabin while we were out. Cleanliness wasn't the issue Lack of communication was .

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very nice

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It was small but comfortable. Other than the knives no other problems

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Just ok

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

2 out of 5

We went to the playa beach excursion. We ended up leaving ( called for a Private taxi) so many red ants crawling on us

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Mazatlan, Mexico Did not visit port

Wife was sick in bed

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5

Shopping was fun

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

It was ok. By then we wanted off.

Traveler Photos

6 Comments

CruzeFan 2 years ago

Glad you had at least a 3.5 star experience. That is about the best you can expect when cruising during Covid.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Ditto maybe lack of prior planning helped with your cruising experience

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cruising2004 2 years ago

Sorry about your situation, however when were you suppose to meet up with this lost relative? Need more information.

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wl1962 2 years ago

flagged 3 times then there is a reason. if you did not find out it’s on you. if a 2 hour delay makes you miss a long lost relative then the meet was not happening anyway. blaming others for your own mistakes try something other than cruising.

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

Wonder how many of your issues were caused by the bulk online travel agency you used? And how does being longer through checkin make you miss seeing someone? You were going to exit the ship after checking in? Poor planning. I found on my last Panorama trip that the stewards do vary in how deep they clean, having had two different rooms on two different floors. Did you take the wife to medical? She may have picked up something in PV. Too bad this is a cross posted review, would like to know more details.

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walkingdeadcrz 2 years ago

So sorry for your experience

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