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Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.7
Author: katzbt

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Cuba

katzbt

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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5 Night Havana & Cozumel (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 16, 2019

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R142

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The ship needs to be overhauled. Rooms are very small.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Long lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food was okay. The dining room food was slightly better than the food offered on the buffet. Food staff was good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Played a few trivia games which always were held in an open area near a bar. It was very difficult hearing the questions. Went to the art auction & a bingo. There was only 1 pool which was crowded & a water slide for children, which was of no interest to me. We went to what I thought was going to be a “makeover”. It turned out to be a disappointment. The people in the jewelry store really didn’t seem to be knowledgeable.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The shows were fantastic. The performers were great.

Children's Programs

My youngest child is 30

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The room steward & staff were lovely. The waiters were attentive.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Poor layout. There were deck numbers only at the elevators. There wasn’t any signage near the staircases. The Social Director spoke on the loudspeaker throughout the day. Her announcements were too long & inaudible. The morning announcements were particularly annoying. If in the stateroom you could hear the noise but could not understand one word.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Room was very clean. The cabin was small. The threshold at the entrance door should be raised since a lot of light shines through

Ship tip

Be prepared to wait on lines.

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Ports of call

HAVANA, CUBA

5 out of 5

I found it to be very interesting since I knew the history.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Went to Xcaret. It was absolutely beautiful.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Smooth

2 Comments

tereasa 5 years ago

Was just overhauled its just small because of the Sunshine Skyway bridge if you want you have to go out of a bigger port room size is always listed and they are about the same on all ships depending on catagory

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aharbison66 5 years ago

Is was in a month long dry dock in March, 2018.

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