They cancelled half of my honeymoon

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Verified Review
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 27, 2017

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: U58

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I've since learned that my first mistake was to even book a Carnival cruise to begin with. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. I am so angry with these people that it's unbelievable. Not only did they change the itinerary a month before by changing a port of call due to "mechanical issues with the ships maximum cruising speed" (not very comforting to be told), they canceled our entire second day of port and blamed it on the weather. Not incredibly believable when the weather was barely overcast, and we could clearly see at least 3 other ships in port with passengers disembarking. They sat in the port for half an hour and just gave up, turned around, and essentially stranded us at sea for an extra day. For some people this wouldn't be an issue, but this ship has practically nothing to do and it was saturated with people- there was only one small pool that was constantly full, the crew doesn't enforce the 40 minute vacant deck chair rule so it's next to impossible to get a deck chair, and the activities are repeats of previous days. Drinking, gambling, and shopping are the only things to do on board, and I was NOT about to give that cruise more of my money after they canceled half of my honeymoon without even giving us a credit for it. And as if that wasn't enough, our toilet broke one of the days- and apparently there were other passengers whose toilet NEVER worked the entire cruise. Disappointment isn't a strong enough word. DO NOT EVER WASTE YOUR MONEY ON CARNIVAL. The only reason this isn't a 1 star review is the food and dining staff were as excellent as they could be under the circumstances.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Thankfully there was a TV in our cabin, because we were at sea for 4 of the 5 days. Our cabin steward was great; he and the dining staff are the only redeeming qualities about this ship.

Ship tip

Don't. Just don't.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

2 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5
Wouldn't know. The captain cancelled our port without even trying to get into it.
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6 Comments

kea542013    7 years ago

You might want to try an newer ship.

LoBJ    7 years ago

Yes it's what you make out of it, they will always be issues no matter what kind of vacation it is the main point is to enjoy it and forget the negatives!!!

RedDiamonds    7 years ago

what about shows?

Cruizers17    7 years ago

It's all what you make it.

dee623    7 years ago

old ship had issues also but other ships are good

joann12    7 years ago

Try Celebrity next time

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