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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2018

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E229

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

First cruise for our 14 year old grandson he had a good experience. Just wish ship had more for him to do such as rock climbing, skating etc.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
We where sent to three different places by three different Carnival reps before our party was directed to the correct boarding area.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Dining room showed signs of wear needs upgrading, buffet was limited in choices did enjoy the pool area grill. All in all food was good and nicely presented.

Elation Dining Room

4 out of 5

Wait staff where friendly, attentive, and courteous. Meals prepared as requested.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Did not avail myself of activities other than relaxing in Serenity area of ship and playing Ping Pong.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Enjoyed the Rock and Roll show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service was excellent very professional and friendly staff.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship needs some serious upgrades. Needs more balcony rooms. Ship common areas are clean but show signs of wear.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was clean again needs upgrade not enough outlets to charge phones,tablets etc. One outlet in cabin and one outlet in bathroom.

Ship tip

Get to know layout of ship can be annoying to have to go up a deck than down a deck to get from one area to antoher.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
Nice port took local tour and did some shopping.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Hired local driver took tour of island ended with Tequila tasting and beach swimming. Nice Island friendly people.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast. Use porters to get through custom quickly.
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2 Comments

albaneseca    6 years ago

Teen club had lots for kids to do -- have them try it next time

sharisullivan    6 years ago

If you want wall climbing and ice skating, you need to take Royal Caribbean

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