Fun times, wish we could do an 8 day!

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 4.3
Author: varcuri

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

varcuri

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 06, 2019

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E203

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Nice cruise overall and if you're open to having a good time you will!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Bought "faster to the fun" so we got on very quick!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The dining room wasn't great but some good stuff there.. the pizza guy gave us under-cooked pizza twice and wasn't personable at all. Guy's burger joint was yummy!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

we had fun with Bingo, hanging out poolside, and playing cornhole!

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Latin show and the comedians were great and so were the contests and the piano bar.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Most of the bar and food service was much slower than on past cruises.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was a bit small and only had one pool which was over-crowded.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The beds directly over the king bed resulted in people hitting their head.. the split between the beds isn't comfortable but mostly this is expected on a cruise.

Ship tip

Don't expect two or more adult pools and the adult only serenity area only has 2 hot tubs.

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Wasn't really a "port" to hang out in but we loved the excursion out to the stingray sand bar to interact with them.

Thumbs Up 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Liked the port and shops there very much. We did an excursion out to passion beach which was ok... they did a bit too much pushing you into getting pictures and trying to up-sell you.

Thumbs Up 6

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Due to the "faster to the fun" we were able to get out quickly at 7:45AM and home by 8:21AM.

1 Comment

AuntPinkie 5 years ago

Last built of the smaller ships in the Carnival fleet. You probably would feel more comfortable on the newer ships. Glad you didn’t let the size stop you from having a good time.

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