promise to hold room not kept

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.2
Author: xding185

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

xding185

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

4 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 26, 2019

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: U99

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Generally good cruise. Cabin was very small for three of us in the family. And the fact that RCI and Carnival could not keep their promise about the agreed upon cabin in reservation is very disappointing!!!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

foods are good on the ship

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

we enjoy the fitness center and sauna

Entertainment

3 out of 5

performances are not very interesting

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

n/a

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

very small, this is the major complaint I have about this trip. The RCI Cruise Travel Professional Kendra Depril with Extension: 36669, promised us in a email message saying "Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:01 PM Kendra DePril wrote: Mr. Ding, It was a pleasure working with you to plan your family vacation. I was able to secure cabin E134 on the Carnival Paradise, sailing December 26th from Tamps. The cabin will be held until 11/21 7:30 PM Eastern Standard time. As I explained I will be out of the office tomorrow and Friday, however please call the RCI Cruises number and speak to any representative, let them know we have spoken and I have held the cabin for you can reference booking #42926804. Again, it was a pleasure speaking with you and I know you will have a great vacation. Kendra Depril Travel Professional Extension: 36669" But when I called back on 11/21 before noon time, the RCI agent who picked up the call, refused to honor the promise by Kendra Depril, and instead booked cabin U99 with confirmation number 425-42926804. The way RCI and Carnival handle this reservation is unacceptable. They promised and refused to honer the promise. Please provide me an email address so that I can forward you the original email messages from Kendra Depril, with her promise, so that you can know the whole situation. The fact that RCI and Carnival can not keep their promise when I did everything correctly on my side, has disappointed me very much. Please do something to make it up!!!

Ship tip

keep the promise!

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

water is crystal clear, weather is beautiful

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

4 Comments

CarinF 4 years ago

This would be an issue for your travel agent not carnival. Carnival did not book it or promise anything.

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Rosebuds6 4 years ago

Sorry about your bad booking experience. I've found the best way to book on carnival is to use the website to price check cabins until I find what I'm looking for. Then I call our Carnival booking agent and have her do the actual booking process. Then I email her each month to see if the price has dropped and if so, she refunds us. Very easy and then you know the cabin is guaranteed.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

I’m not sure who you are expecting to contact you from this website or app, since it is not affiliated with a travel agency or Cruise Line. It’s probably not the smartest thing to do to put phone numbers and email addresses on a public website either.

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

So sorry for the problem that you encountered,hope that the next vacation with be without such a big hiccough!

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