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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Cuba

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Cuba (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 25, 2017

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E70

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise. Highly recommend doing Havana cruise. Have enjoyed all Carnival cruises, but this is favorite. I think because of being able to go to Cuba.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was great. Needed to leave early because of early flight and wheelchair, and they were great to help us get off in plenty of time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was good everywhere I ate.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Did not do any. I put 5 stars because I accidentally hit a star and couldn't get it to turn off! Need Not Applicable button!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The ones I saw were great.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
I think our room steward was not as good as others I have had on Carnival cruises.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
I realize Paradise it going in for a complete do-over and it does need it. But, it wasn't as bad as I have read on other reviews. It is clean, and had all I needed, but does need an update.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
My only complaint about the cabin would be the way it was arranged. I think the beds should have been long ways instead of crossways. It made the window kind of useless. You had to climb on bed to get to curtains and I enjoy standing in front of window looking out and this was not easy to do. When you have had knee replacements, getting on knees to get to curtains is not an easy task. Kind of a pain that way.

Ship tip

Can't think of one right now! Just enjoy!

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida Did not visit port

Flew in at midnight, got up early and went to port. Flew out the morning we got back from cruise. No time to do anything.

Key West, Florida Did not visit port

Had a parasailing excursion. Did last year and it was awesome. Roomie sick and had to cancel. Just wandered around at shops at port for a little while in afternoon so didn't see much. Did last year and enjoyed.

HAVANA, CUBA

5 out of 5
This is a must! Loved it. Did a private car tour with Havana Vintage Car Tours. It was great. I highly recommend it. The one on Carnival was sold out. Did the Sights and Sounds of Havana in the afternoon and enjoyed it. Had to do easy ones because of handicap, can't do a lot of walking and climbing. Heard so many compliments on other excursions I wish I could have done!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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