Ship was in poor shape

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.2
Author: Misstay01

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Misstay01

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 28, 2017

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E54

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Not impressed with this ship at all especially watching them tear down railings and replace them while everyone could see. Not very reassuring . Grand caymans was an extreme disappointment. I was there 20 years ago and could not wait to go back and take my family. Now you just spend your time on a bus driving and having them point out the landfills. Best advise stay on the ship or just go to the beach . It is all you have time for.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Drunks were on board in the section I was in and instead of removing them before they would start we had to sit there almost 40 min before they would finally call them out individually and tell them the had to be quite before they would even begin

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Good

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Would enjoy more pool side for adults only

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Shows were excellent

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Adi was excellent

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Disappointed!!! Yellow/ brownish water from sinks every morning. Stained sheets.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Previous guests food wrappers found under bed

Ship tip

Don't cruise on this ship

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

2 out of 5

Stingray/ hell / turtle farm Very Disappointed ! Spent 10-15 min at turtle farm and hell/. Rushed the whole time. Did not get the chance to snorkel at stingray supposedly because of the choppy water but all the other excursion boats were allowing theirs to do so

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Enjoyed shopping

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Someone misplaced their luggage in front of us and they made us all stand there and wait to get off the ship instead of pulling them to the side

2 Comments

Summerholiday 6 years ago

Its so very disappointing when your looking forward to your cruise then it was not good .. did you call house keeping i sure would of this has happened to us we had packets of new clothes and wrappers in the wardrobe not acceptable... hope this does not put you off plenty more ships and companies... hope you enjoy your next one .. 🍹😎

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woodworks32129 6 years ago

Sorry you didnt like your trip, maybe next time will be better. Ship maintenance is constant so on every cruise if you pay attention they always have a project they are working on, mostly at night but sometimes during the day if it is safer for the crew, not much anyone can do about that. Unfortunately on that ship the adult only area just has hot tubs you might like a different ship some of the larger carnival ships have a pool, but the drunks can take it over and ruin it as much as the kids in my expirence. There is so much to do in grand Cayman, good snorkeling, sting ray city, nice beaches, if you go again you might want to try a water activity, it's a small island so a bus tour is pointless not much to see other than the turtle farm and hell. It sounds like you picked a the wrong type of excursion for the stop.

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