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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 60

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 27, 2020

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R43

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Ship is old. Not one MDR dinner menu was impressive

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Perfect

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
For first time cruisers that may disagree with me. After many cruises, we can assure you, the food selection, especially at dinner was shameful. Carnival used to be a leader in culinary excellence, the food opportunities on The Paradise, were far below most cruises and in some cases bordered disgusting. MDR leaves a lot to be desired.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
As good as normal, some activities were average, the majority were below

Entertainment

5 out of 5
If you like loud rock music you will adore the presentations A Cuban show, on a Mexican cruise? Very unusual selection in my opinion Dancers were excellent

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Average, if you asked you got, but YOU HAD TO ASK

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
They kept it pretty dog gone clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Well cleaned, shower was fantastic

Ship tip

Cancel your reservation and rebook another ship. This ship is tired, has overall a lousy dinner menu, and breakfast and lunch are the same day after day. Great soft serve ice cream

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5
Bland port Great place to send post cards to friends and family postmarked from Hell 7 mile beach is wonderful but watch what you pay for everything.

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
Watch your wallet Tours grossly overpriced

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Average disembarkation. Everyone out before 11am
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4 Comments

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

We have cruised on some not so large older ships and never been disappointed

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

sharisullivan    4 years ago

Maybe cruising is not for you

balcony42    4 years ago

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