Great crew, good food... excursions didnt go as planned.

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2015

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E175

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

To begin with, all the crew works very well and hard on the Paradise. Great job!

Food was good and they did whatever they could to accommodate our requests.

The ship doesn't spend a whole lot of time at port/anchored at Cayman/Cozumel, so there is very little room if anything goes wrong. In our case, it arrived late at Cayman. Most of the excursions were cancelled and some people had to figure things out themselves. We got lucky and found a good tour guide who took us around but some of my friends were not so lucky. Again, if there were more time at Cozumel and Cayman, it would have been nicer. I had been on Royal Caribbean prior to this cruise and they spend almost the whole day anchored/at port.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Someone puked in the hallway and it smelled pretty bad.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Steward was good, kept the room clean/tidy

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5
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nsbgirl82    8 years ago

I have a few questions about the boat. We leave Jan 4th & trying to pack & not take so much. Just curious if it's cold on the boat or would shorts & a tank top be ok? TIA

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