A fun cruise with great service.

Item: Carnival Panorama
Rating: 4.4
Author: danielsara

Carnival Panorama Cruise Review

danielsara

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 19, 2023

Ship: Carnival Panorama

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5201

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

This was the last week of a holiday to America from the UK to relax and have fun which 8s what we got. The entertainment was fantastic as was the service. A bonus was the teen clubs. 4 sea days turned out fine. Overall a great cruise and we just wished that carnival would come to Europe more often, a max of 2 ships a year is not enough.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Quite slow plus we had an extra que as we were from the UK.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Lunch was great with burgers, burritos and bbq lunch on sea days. Good food in the main dining room only breakfast was not great in the buffet.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The slides were great as was the gym and kids loved the trampoline (a reasonable extra) pools were all great including the Havana which I highly recommend.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The string trio were great as were the 1st and 2nd comics. We loved the piano bar. On the 6th night we saw the best show we have ever seen on a ship (this was our 12th cruise).

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Two teenagers i thought kids clubs were over but both went every evening and enjoyed.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

My family is food fussy which did not faze our amazing waiter in the Horizon Restaurant. Arnold our cabin attendant was excellent too.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

We loved the Vista and therefore loved the layout.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The actual cabin was great and we loved the Havana experience plus it was great to be close to everything. But and our view is backed by a previous review on this app the very expensive terrace $1,000 more than inside. Was unusable there is a fault with the funnel (filters) that means the floor and furniture is black with oil. Body and cloths became black if you sat down. As far as we saw only cabins 5201,5203 5307, 5202,5304 and 5206 were affected. The rest of Havana seemed fine. Carnival need to market these cabins as ocean view only until the issue is fixed.