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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 11, 2016

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E74

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I have been to five cruises with carnival. Here are few thoughts on my last cruise.  The food was much better than its ever been!! Great job. Getting on and off the ship is still a hassle. We decided not to go to Grand Cayman island because the process became way too tedious. We were told to wait an hour after packing and waiting in line.  

My biggest disappointment was the stateroom we stayed at. It was our honey moon and no nice suites were available. So we chose a window stateroom on empress deck. Just so we can at least have a view. The window was so dirty we could barely see through it.  The TV was broken and kept going dark every two minutes.  The remote was broken and couldn't be used. Our queen bed was two single beds that kept moving apart every night creating a huge gap between us.  That was a problem.   I wish the huge tip that we had to drop at the end was also included in initial price.  I had no idea I had to drop that kind of cash in the end.  Overall we did enjoy the cruise.  Please make these improvementsites in the future. We still enjoyed the cruise!  Hope this helps. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
My biggest disappointment was the stateroom we stayed at. It was our honey moon and no nice suites were available. So we chose a window stateroom on empress deck. Just so we can at least have a view. The window was so dirty we could barely see through it.  The TV was broken and kept going dark every two minutes.  The remote was broken and couldn't be used. Our queen bed was two single beds that kept moving apart every night creating a huge gap between us.  That was a problem.   I wish the huge tip that we had to drop at the end was also included in initial price.  I had no idea I had to drop that kind of cash in the end.  Overall we did enjoy the cruise.  Please make these improvementsites in the future. We still enjoyed the cruise!  Hope this helps. 

Ship tip

Improve the cabins.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
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7 Comments

Frog8016    8 years ago

Just checked my booking, and it has prepaid gratuity under the taxes, fees, & port expenses area.

ambermain1    8 years ago

We paid $60 a person...got the drink package so gratuity was included in it. It was all worth it.

isnip4u    8 years ago

They asked when we booked our cruise if we wanted to include our tips right in with the price and I said yes roughly around $60 a person

Joelryanw1    8 years ago

If you been on five cruises before why was the tip a shock?

dusfos114    8 years ago

I'm cruising in Sept and I was told about this when I booked: $12 per day per person...so I think me and my husband are looking at paying all together $120 in gratuity. Plus anything you buy on board there is another 15% gratuity added to it.

crysnuzzi    8 years ago

Tip should be disclosed or included in price. How much was it?

megtriv    8 years ago

How much of a tip did you have to leave? If you don't mind me asking.

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