Carnival Panorama Cruise Reviews - Reviews

First time on this ship. Overall it was wonderful. I ate at the steakhouse and bonsai. Both were wonderful and great price for the quality of the food. The staff worked hard in cleaning. Mask was optional and wasn’t fully enforced. Sky ride was awesome and very tiring, really hope that they took pictures like how they posted but didn’t.

Cruise was packed close to 100% capacity. But Carnival gave this cruise to us for taxes and port fees. We couldn’t resist and this cruise put us into Platinum level on our next cruise. We have learned how to stay away from crowds at food joints. The smart elevators were very efficient and fast. Casino computer system was down the second night and saved me $. The panorama is a nice ship and I would sail on her again if she moves to the Caribbean. We are beach bums and the Pacific along Mexico are just to cold for us. But this cruise was very relaxing and any cruise is great. Positive attitude leads to a positive vacation.😎

All in all it was a lot of fun! Take pictures!! And hav fun!

We will sail on the Panorama again. We all had a good time and Carnival staff were great.

Great cruise! Amazing ship! Amazing staff! Grande Suite was worth the money!

Better late than never and while it may look like we may have been unhappy, we really were not and plan on doing Panorama again. This was only a lazy, kick back, vegetate, late winter, do nothing trip. Unfortunately - spring break is not the narrow window around Easter anymore. Hope you enjoy the review, and maybe we will see you onboard some day. Day 1 impressions, ship was in late due to bad seas so as a suite, even though we had early boarding, we did not get on until about 12:30 (YEAH for early boarding!). First stop was muster station for a quick demo of the life jacket, then we popped up to the Mongolian for a nice lunch (a very nice alternative to the lido deck craziness). Rooms were not open so we hung out aft for about an hour until they did open. Announcements were made by Christian, the cruise director, at regular intervals letting us know the status of the rooms. Dinner was good. Show tonight on the screen was the “The Mitchells and the Machines”, a cute animation that was fun to watch. OBSERVATION : Priority does not mean a thing, our bags came about an hour apart, and were behind non-priority bags. They just grabbed and tossed the bags at the pier and grabbed and tossed on the ship to speed things up (I assume). Room, close to double a regular balcony in size but it only seems about 1.5X. Shower is a tub/shower so the less agile have issues, but there are nice handles. The tub is about a foot wide at the bottom and a bit over 1.5 feet at the top, actually about as wide as the normal stall. Frankly, not worth the extra cost unless you get a deal like we did or have more than two people, but the sofa bed looks like it will partially block the other side of the main bed from the restroom. Traffic flow : as some have noted, this class is not very intuitive in the crazy way they did the various paths around the ship and out of elevators and it is easy to get turned around. But it was not a reason to hate the ship. Day 2, Sunday. A lazy sea day. Went to the ‘morning show live’ in the liquid lounge, Christian was hyping that we had an excited full crowd in the liquid lounge….all of about 20 calm people …. Anyway, we were told that we had 4200 people aboard and 900 kids (12 and under banded?), looks like more kids, but then at 70, the definition of ‘kid’ is different than when I was 25. The overall review of the trip ‘Fun Ashore, Fun Abroad’ was interesting, but was more geared to the ship’s tours and staying safe ashore. Did the buffet for breakfast, OK and thank goodness for the Iguana, but I got spoiled on the last trip in October and our Regal trip in December. The full breakfast buffet opens at 07:30, the Vista at 08:30 when at sea, since I am an early riser (partially the drugs I have to use, partially habit from being at work by 05:00 too many times). Lunch was the smokehouse, OK, but the rolls are now cheap cheap HOT DOG buns...yuck Still made a good pulled pork sandwich with slaw and Carolina sauce (needed some dill pickle) but I miss the old rolls. Only complaint about the pork was the lack of a good bark and smoke flavor. Listened to Folkai Duo while eating, they were a mix of fair and good (her singing ‘9-5’ was almost as good as Dolly Parton). Lobster night, our staff managed to get me three on one plate. As stated before, the plates are not as full as before, gives you a chance to try more than one entree without being too stuffed. Went to listen to the Panorama Band but they had some people sick so they improvised with Jazz/Funk, OK, but the Funk got repetitive and we left early. App said to change time, so I did. WRONG! Next morning phone and TV were still on old time, the service desk said we are staying on Los Angeles time. Day 5, Wednesday. We did not care for the listed MDR offerings so we did the Italian (actually got an opening 17:30 reservation booked at around 12:00), kind of a disappointment. While what we had was good, you were limited to one of each category, unlike other lines where you had one entree and as many sides and appetizer/soup/salad (should have been called Appetizer, Soup OR salad) as you wanted. Not like the Italian dinners I had over at a girl friend’s house in college who were Italian. At least the pizza joint was there to fill in the void. Also, we were almost packed in there like sardines, one foot between tables (full house by 17:45). Got a nice sunny window seat to watch the port go by as we departed Mazatlan, and some gal three tables away complained about the light so they closed the blinds. Couldn’t do the simple thing like swap sides with her boyfriend, just whined. Day 7, Friday. We did the Tappanyaki for my birthday, good, but compared to my local place overpriced and not as good, and our table cook was not as good as the other cook. Nice thing to do once, but will not do again. Day 8, Saturday - SOB – Exit day. Looks like over half the ship did carry off, it was well over two hours later when we finally headed off (suites can go anytime, we just sat in the buffet and snacked) and they were still doing the carry offs. Got to the baggage claim fast, but there was a long line for customs (looking at the luggage I think a lot of folks gave up and left before being called), we got to skip the line because we had passports and went to a much shorter/faster line for facial recognition. Bus to airport was fast, just a slight wait while they filled up (can’t understand why some folks whine about that transfer, unless they wanted taxi style service and did not get it).

Embarkation went smooth in Long Beach. Activities were plentiful on the ship. Deal or no deal was a lot of fun. Entertainment was great. Loves Puerta Vallarta. Did the Jeep 4x4 excursion and had a blast. Mazatlan was enjoyable. Cabo is always a great stop.

I would go on this cruise again on this ship but not during Spring break time. No masks were mandated which was nice and those who chose to wear them did. I guess Spring break runs differently in other states. In our area ours Spring break is not until mid April. It was nice to see all the families and children enjoying themselves just pool time was difficult with the size of pools to the amount of children/adults on board.

This was my second cruise since we started back cruising so I think that's why the embarkation/ debarkation were not that good, but I can't say enough how great the cruise experience was I've already booked another cruise on Panorama can't wait!

It was very nice and comfortable not a lot of great people the staff was amazing it’s just the Cabo stuff is just too short

Carnival Panarama is a very nice ship.Everything went perfect.

For it being my first cruise ever, I would say it was quite memorable and fun. We always remember our "firsts". Carnival Panorama will always have a special place in my heart.

Good ship. Good crew. If your bored or hungry...its your own fault. Each day is whatever unique experience you make it.

Last Carnival cruise ever. Don’t get me wrong I love the staff and most ships. It’s the MDR food quality and the general demographics of cruisers that flock to Carnival. We have had enough.

The cruise was amazing. It was my 8th cruise, but it was boyfriends 1st, & now I've turned him into a cruiser.👍

Having the ship at 50% capacity worked to our advantage. There was no line, no waiting, no crowded area. We loved it. I can’t imagine being on this ship at full capacity later on, although I know it will happen. We almost cancelled this sailing because of the covid surge but cannot pass up the good rates we got. I’m glad we went through with it because we had the most fun.

Had a wonderful time, someone always cleaning everywhere you went on ship.

We are in our 60’s, do not drink alcohol, do not gamble, and do not wear long pants :-) when we cruise. It appeared that others on board who DO those things had a blast!! I assure you that we did EVERYTHING we wanted to do onboard (including riding the Skyride!) and thoroughly ENJOYED this ship and this itinerary. There is NOTHING that we “should have tried” onboard…”FUN” is relative

Could not have been any better. We loved every minute and can’t wait for our next adventure cruising

We were so happy to be on the cruise as this had been in the works since before Covid. Cruising off the West coast is very different from the Caribbean. I have to say that I prefer the warmer air and warmer water of the Caribbean. The Pacific is beautiful in a very different way. The cruise itself was very relaxing. It was at about 50% capacity, so there were no lines anywhere. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The ship was very clean. Overall, we enjoyed the cruise and we’re happy to be cruising again.