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Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.2
Author: legs4868

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

legs4868

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 06, 2017

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: U33

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Although we had a few good times during the cruise especially with the people we sailed with however we will never cruise on this particular ship again. Very disappointed since this was my daughters boyfriend’s first cruise. I also thought the food was not up to standards. Except for the breakfast food and some desserts were good

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very smooth, no problems

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Very Disappointed with our main dining room staff except for Charlie. The staff all over the ship especially bars out by pool, they looked absolutely miserable and never smiled! Hung in pool area was only happy staff member! He truly was awesome! Our room steward was friendly as well! The breakfast dining room staff were awesome.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Loved the fitness center! Was pleasantly surprised of how much equipment they had! Could have played more games on at sea days!

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Wasn’t to thrilled with shows except 80’s show was good! Comedian show good! They had a show with a lot of Spanish singing! Not a fan at all!

Children's Programs

No young kids with us

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Stated above, Dining room staff, pool bar staff, and main bar in atrium very unfriendly. They all looked miserable except for Charlie in dining room, Hung by pool bars; and room steward! We bought the bubbles package and the bar staff acted like it was an inconvenience to get us any drinks or cups of ice!

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Old ship bathroom staterooms could be cleaner! Layout ok!

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Bathrooms could be cleaner. There was mildew on the tile in our bathroom, yellow stain on my white bedspread! Very noticeable!

Ship tip

I personally would never sail the ship again. We have sailed on several different carnival 4 and 5 day ships and I was truly disappointed with this one.

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