California / Mexico

Carnival Panorama Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 74

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Panorama

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 04, 2023

Ship: Carnival Panorama

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The ship was nice. Was not overly impressed with LA or with Mexico. Don’t knowing I would do this trip again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Buffets were decent my wife has a gluten allergy not a lot of selections of food for this allergy. Did not try the main dining room heard complaints from other passengers about long wait times for food. Bonsai tappenyaki was excellent

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Comedians were good. Shows were decent have seen better on other carnival ships

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room was always clean. We always look forward to coming back to the room to see the different towel animals but the steward used the same animal numerous times a little disappointed with that

Ship tip

Don’t expect to get elevators right away

Ports of call

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
Tendered in to the port. Very nice area. Lots of nice people Went whale watching and got to see a few whales breaching very exciting to see and experience

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5
The port area was ok. Got off the ship early walked around the port alot of pushy people trying to sell you things. Had a horse back riding excursion in afternoon that was enjoyable

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5
Stayed in LA the night before the cruise but stayed 3 nights after the cruise in LA to check out. The area was just ok did not like the huge city and the traffic

Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5
The port was in a commercial loading area. A lot going on. We did a sea nd land excursion that included a stop at cliff divers. 1 diver took 1 dive then they were very pushy for tips

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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