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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 11, 2019

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Carnival Paradise isn’t a huge ship, but it is a Fun ship! Just relax and have a good time! If you do not have fun, it’s probably your own fault.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy and quick, we didn’t have the faster to fun plan but it was fast and well organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
They were all very good. We ate in the dining room for dinner about half the time. There are lots of lunch options and always pizza (very thin, fold your slice in half!) Also, I purchased the soda package for everyone in our group, but I probably would’ve saved money not doing this. There is always water, tea, coffee, lemonade, and milk. There are also 3 juice choices every morning. To get money’s worth kids would’ve had to drink atleast 2 or 3 sodas and adults like 4 or 5 a day. Also remember that if you are a soda drinker each person can take 1 12 pack of soda on embarkation day, as well a 1 bottle of wine or champagne. Live and learn! :)

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The pools were great. There was a wonderful children’s area with slides that the younger kids loved!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Wonderful dancers and performers.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5
Our children were with us playing most of the time, but there was a wonderful program they could’ve gone to for some play time.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was wonderful!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
All very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Regular staterooms are never huge, but the space was very well used. Our room stewards were amazing!

Ship tip

It’s vacation, just have fun!

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

4 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
We took a taxi bus to the beach near Calico Jacks. 7 mile beach is just truly amazing!

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Lots of shopping and places to eat and drink here! We did the dolphin swim, at Dolphin Cove in Chankanaab, which my kids all loved! There was a buffet with unlimited food and drinks. There was a snorkeling area and sea lion show. There was also zip lining and a swimming pool with a swim up bar. The beach at Chankanaab is not really a great beach, but there is plenty else to do here!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy!
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