They cancelled half of my honeymoon
Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
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.
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Don't. Just don't.