A nice experience despite of Hurricane Irma

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.4
Author: juliatsih18

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Cuba

juliatsih18

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Cuba (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 07, 2017

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: M120

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The ship is getting old and the housekeeping is not up to par. Had to change cabin in the last day because of gas odor in the hallway. The new room was upgraded to window room which was nice.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

a bit confusing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

good service and standard food quality in dining room, not much varieties in buffet.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

none

Entertainment

4 out of 5

very good performers

Children's Programs

no children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

waiters - good room stewards - alright ship personnel - alright

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

design is alright but condition is a bit outdated cabin needs maintenance common areas are clean but need maintenance

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

cabin cleanliness needs attention

Ship tip

good value for the price but be prepared for quality standard

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida Did not visit port

HAVANA, CUBA

4 out of 5

hemingway excursion was very good

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

very organized

8 Comments

kimmycruising 7 years ago

awesome ship, was on it in February, good food great staff, no worries

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sugar64 7 years ago

the food was good to Richele8 on that ship you both will have a blast

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Richele8 7 years ago

I agree ,I talked her into going on Carnival because it's so much fun

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sugar64 7 years ago

all cruises are fun I think

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DottieDiehl 7 years ago

Your cruise will be what you make of it. Fun times & good memories can be made but if Comparing her Disney experience with the Carnival Paradise, she will be disappointed. We paid all expenses (flights, hotels, cruise etc) for our family of 14 so I chose Carnival Paradise to make it affordable. We had a blast because we didn't let the age or size of the ship effect the family vacation.

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sugar64 7 years ago

I was on that ship not a lot of entertainment I still had fun am use to rcl and Norwegian cruise line.

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lisamarie8559 7 years ago

It's a far stretch from disney

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Richele8 7 years ago

So it is really bad/old? I am taking a friend ,it's her first time on Carnival .. She has only sailed on Disney ...this was only ship that went to Cuba🙄

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