5 day COZUMEL & CASTA MAYA

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 08, 2017

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: M-121

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I enjoyed this 5 day cruise  out of Tampa . Food and Dining  was much better then 8 yrs ago. Definitely improved . Staff were Awesome too.  Marian our waiter was excellent  ( the best ) .     The one thing  I was not happy with was, on the last morning,  I woke up to shower and get ready and we had no water in our room (M121) on this Carnival Paradise cruise.    I managed to get a cup of water  on the lido deck to brush my teeth  and wash my face . They did not have the water back on as of when we got off the ship.  ( it made it quite difficult for us )   .   Getting off of the ship  is a bit rough with so many people and only 2 guys working at getting us through customs, however,    there were people getting on for the next cruise and 3000 getting off  , so iIguess that should be expected.     Overall,  it was a good cruise   and  I would recommend it . The price was great and the ports and excursions were good .     I do not personally like the idea of  two different balances on one sign and sail card, ( casino is separate )     so after cashing out  , i had to go back to  do it again    being it was  on one card but two accounts.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Marian our waiter was superb !

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I went to relax and that is what i did !

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
They were all very nice and helpful

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
They gave us a cot that had missing springs, there was no way anyone could sleep on it. they brought us a 2nd one, missing springs and was ripped underneath , another on none of us could sleep on . the 3 one they brought was ok but certainly not comfortable. Had to put a pillow under the mattress to fill the saggy middle. (not the room stewards fault )

Ship tip

If you do not want to wait on line or with a buzzer for dinner. Do not pick the ANYTIME dinner.. Better off with early or late seating so there is no wait.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5
We did a little shopping, however, if you plan on going out of the entrance of the port , be prepared for them to harass you to come into their store to buy from them, I hate pushy people and would not go back there to shop

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
I did some shopping and a snorkel excursion which was ok, got to see sea turtles and fish, the guy was knowledgeable and made it fun
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