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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 23, 2019

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R103

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Our cruise was fabulous! We didn’t have any problems with anything. The one thing I can say is they could lower the cost of the drinks, other than that everything was superb!🥰

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything went extremely smooth! We got from our car onto the ship within 20 minutes. Everyone was extremely helpful and very friendly!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was delicious! We had filet mignon and eggs for breakfast, we had lunch on the Lido deck usually, dinner was exceptional! We found our favorite waiter, Conrad Jose. He was very friendly, personable and very funny! The drinks were very good except they were very expensive. We did not purchase the drink package because it was very expensive.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We did not do a lot of activities on this cruise, we just relaxed and enjoyed doing things around the pool and just chilling. This was my husbands first cruise so we just explored around the ship. The next cruise we will definitely engage in more activities on board. On the last Saturday we did a tour called behind the scenes tour. This was fantastic! It took us through the Galley, the laundry room, behind the entertainment curtain,The human resource department, where they prepare the food such as vegetables desserts etc. and the bridge.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The entire staff was fabulous! Very friendly and helpful and willing to do anything that we needed!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship is well-kept, we did behind the scenes tour and even and those areas were super clean And well-managed!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The cabin was nice. There were two nights that the stewardess did not come to turn our bed down. On port days, it was very hard to get a hold of room service and then do you have the Service to come to the room, Such as bring his eyes or food. We Decorated our door, that was fun to do.😃

Ship tip

Do a lot of research on YouTube. Look up tips, advice and hacks about cruising. I learned a lot of things that I would’ve not thought of if I didn’t watch a lot of videos on YouTube!

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
Getting through the terminal Tampa was a piece of cake! Everyone was super helpful and friendly and made the transition very smooth and quickly. We got from our car and to the ship within 20 minutes!

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
In our excursion to Grand Cayman, we swim with the dolphins and stingrays. We did not have time to shop after doing those two excursions. Everyone in the port were very nice and extremely helpful. We had a great time!

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Cozumel we went snuba diving, snorkeling, some shopping and drinking ha ha! 🍹 Cozumel was fabulous. A bit expensive with the shopping though. My advice to that is go through the first shopping district and find one that is further away from the ports.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarkation was very long! I believe the next time we will find a place to chill for a couple hours until everyone is off of the ship. We had to wait in a very long line to get to our vehicle. I do not see any other way around that other than just wait it out.

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4 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

Summerholiday    5 years ago

Awesome thats what cruising is all about.. don’t worry about costs your on vacation 🤷‍♀️

dragz    5 years ago

Glad you had a great time 🛳🚢⚓👍

bobduck1993    5 years ago

So glad that you enjoyed yourself so much!

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