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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)
Sail date: November 26, 2016
Ship: Carnival Paradise
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: M143
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
My daughter and grand daughter traveled with me to Grand Caymen and Cozumel.
In Grand Caymen we met a wonderful man named Henri, who was offering an excursion to Hell, a dolphin park, and the rum factory for $20.00 a person. We took him up on his offer, and along with about 30 others boarded Henri's bus. It was the most entertaining day we had. Henri gave us the history of Georgetown as we traveled along. Pointing out many things we would have missed without his help. He had lived in the area his whole life and the daily excursions were his livelihood. He even offered to drop us at Seven Mile Beach on our return trip, and explained how the taxis ran to town from the beach every few minutes. Had we known that you could not access a beach so easily in Cozumel we would have gotten off the bus and enjoyed the beach. This is one day I will remember for a long time. In Cozumel you could walk off the boat into the town. Which we did, and we spent our time there shopping. It too was fun and interesting, but not as much fun as our time with Henri. In Cozumel you could see the beautiful water but there was no convenient access. So, we returned to the boat after shopping for a relaxing time in one of the hot tubs. This was my fourth Carnival cruise and I was disappointed with the food choices in our main dining room. There wasn't enough variety for my taste or what I recall from the previous cruises. However, the Lido deck offered a good assortment of various foods. So we found ourselves retuning there time after time. The entertainment on this cruise was also lacking per my previous cruise experiences. I actually stumbled upon a movie in the Queen Anne Lounge one evening by accident. There was nothing about it in the daily agenda that was left in our room. So I would like to recommend an area on the daily agenda be labeled "Movies" with the time and location posted boldly. Then those passengers who are not club hoppers or gamblers will have more options than the nightly entertainment on the stage. Where you only had a pitiful comic or a dance musical.
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Don't miss the Deli area on the Lido deck where wonderful sandwiches are made during the day, and omlets in the morning.