Great trip to Havana on a great ship!

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 4.7
Author: JohnIrwin

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review

JohnIrwin

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 82

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

5 Night Key West/Havana/Cozumel (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 08, 2019

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This was our first cruse in 10 years and we remembered how much we love cruising. This was in April of this year (2019) and we're about to go on our third cruise for 2019. Definitely hooked.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Carnival in Tampa is a wonderful experience. Plenty of cheap parking and easy to get through the embarkation process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Five star drinks. Four star food. Let's face it. A buffet is a buffet. I would say the buffet food was as good as we'd expected. For a buffet. Guy's burgers were pretty good. Pizza pirate is good. Blue Iguana breakfast burritos are awesome.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

I don't think we participated in any "activities". I plan to try trivia on the next trip.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Loved Punchliners and the 80's show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Carnival people are great people. Everyone was wonderful. The barista knew my name by my third visit.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The Paradise sails from Tampa. Because of the bridge, it has to be a smaller ship. Even so we loved her design. So much so that we are traveling on her again next month.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had an interior cabin because we don't really spend any time in it. It was satisfactory in size. No complaints.

Ports of call

HAVANA, CUBA

5 out of 5

We loved Cuba so much that we immediately booked another trip there. Unfortunately Trump blocked our 2nd trip so we'll have to wait until after the next election to return. We were drivin around all day in a 58 dodge with our own driver and tour guide. Awesome excursion!

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Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

OMG we loved Key West. We've lived in Florida for 13 years and had never been there. We took the bar crawl excursion and had a blast. Cant wait to get back.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

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