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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2018

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R146

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I loved my cruise. This being my first one, it exceeded my expectations. I did things that I never thought I would do, like snorkeling. I stayed up late to enjoy all of the entertainment. There was just too much fun and activity going on to waste a minute of your time and resting. I enjoyed the screw so much that I’ve already booked my second cruise. Carnaval you do an excellent job at entertaining, being atentative to your guest, taking care of us while we were aboard the ship, Supplying us with wonderful food and beverage. There is just so much to do the entertainment was out of this world.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was very easy and stress free.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was amazing. The main dining room is a must do. The staff made the experience incredible. It was top notch!

Elation Dining Room

5 out of 5

The dining experience was elegant. The staff was fun and full of life. The food was exquisite And plentiful. The atmosphere was friendly and comfortable. A great way to treat yourself to a special night of dining.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
There is so much to do on the ship that the activities will keep you wanting more. The shows and performers were excellent. Sammy “be making you rich” was so sweet and filled with spunk. I enjoyed playing bingo and interacting With her. The Epic Rock show was my favorite. Though it is hard to chose just one. They all were Excellent.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Out of this world! The DJ had everyone jammin. The shows were fabulous. You either wanted To sing outload to every song or shake your booty as they jammed. I couldn’t get enough. Definitely do not wanna mess the shows .

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Though I did not have children aboard. I heard nothing but wonderful feedback about what there was to offer for the children. I did sit in and watched a few of the kids shows, they were fun to watch. The children had a blast.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff is one of the main reasons the cruise was so much fun. They were all fabulous. Courteous, attentive, very pleasant to each and every guest. I felt Like a Queen the way they took care of me. This was my first cruise and they made it stress free.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Day one is a completely learning experience. Learning the ship and how to move around it. After the first day, everything was easy. The elevators and maps always get You to your destination. The ship was clean and roomy. There were times I forgot I was at Sea.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was roomy, clean and super comfy. The beds were comfortable. Great selection of pillows. It was getting a new towel animal every day when returning back to the room for the evening. The staff did an excellent job of keeping the staterooms clean.

Ship tip

A must- download the carnival hub. It lets you slelect the activities you want to do each day. Will send a reminder to your phone or iwatch letting you know your activity is coming up in 15 minutes. It shows the map of the ship so you can’t get lost. It provides you with what’s happening now, so you never miss anything. Also, it shows the dining times. So you know which restaurant is serving food at what times. It was the easiest app to use and a life savor for navigation from point A to B.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
The port was Easy to get off and on. Absolutely beautiful and something for everyone. We did two excursions while at port.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
I loved this port and our excursion. We did the land and sea excursion. That I actually won on the ship. ( we followed the boat tour up with a bus tour that took us through the town and showed us how the people of the village lived. We saw very expensive homes. We stopped at a post office in hell. I had some very cool shops. Our driver was absolutely amazing, very funny and very knowledgeable. ) We boarded a partial submerged about where We saw a beautiful coral reef, fish, sea turtles, stingrays, and Shipwrecks and our guide did an excellent job of sharing the hitory of these events. Then we proceeded to the bus where we had a tour of the town. Our driver was very knowledgeable and very funny. He made the whole experience fun. I Highly recommend this tour. It was

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
was so much to do here. Shopping, sight seeing. The beautiful sand and sun. Complementary loungers for soaking up the rays. We did a snorkeling excursion with Mexican lunch. It was my favorite part of the cruise. I have never snorkeled before. Charly and Chico were our guides. They were wonderful. They helped you with every step. Explaining how to use your snorkeling equipment. Putting everything on Correctly. Guiding you into the water and showing you where all the best spots to view the fish were. The exerprience was Beautiful and relaxing. I could’ve stayed and snorkeled For Hours. We’ll follow the snorkeling with delicious chicken Fajita. Charly made homemade guacamole that was out of this world. After lunch we did tequila tasting. The homemade tequila was the smoothiest tequila I have ever tasted. We tried silver, blueberry, caramel cream, and chocolate mocha. The caramel cream my absolute favorite. Then Charly mixed the caramel cream with the chocolate mocha and it tasted like a cappuccino. It was absolutely delicious! I had to bring a bottle back for A gift for two of my friends to add to their Bar collection. This was my favorite excursion, I had so much fun

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Stress free. Everyone made the disembarkment easy.
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5 Comments

sfurey7243ce4    6 years ago

Thank you for the Amazing review.

mambi125    6 years ago

Fantastic review, we only cruise on Carnival. We'll be going on the horizon on April 22nd and that will be our 13th cruise with Carnival.

WeCruiseToo    6 years ago

Fantastic review, thanks for sharing! What will your next cruise be?

Kell78    6 years ago

Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience. I will be on her in April. Can’t wait to see all the wonderful upgrades when she comes out of dry dock.

CruizinRican    6 years ago

The current crew on the Paradise is AMAZING agreed!! Cruise Director Leigh and crew were too much fun!! I believe we will be sailing her again here very soon.

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