Terrible First Experience

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 96

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 20, 2016

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

I hated the old Paradise but heard it’s since been updated. I might give it a try again but would be very leery.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy boarding

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Most of the food was good, but at the time, no options like Guys burgers were available.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Ship didn’t have a waterworks area or movie screen. Felt kind of bored since there’s only so much hot tub time to keep you occupied.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were decent from what I remember (writing this 4 years later)!

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
My two older children HATED going and it was a fight. This was the only ship they didn’t enjoy camp.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Very friendly and personable. Rooms not as clean as our experiences after that.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Was a very confusing layout. Water was pouring down elevator and stairways at one point which was scary for a first time cruiser. That elevator shaft remained closed the entire trip after that happened.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had two interiors between 6 of us which were fine.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
Easy port to use out of Florida

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Loved the stingray and turtle farm excursion.

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
We did a snuba excursion but it was right in the middle of our time in Cozumel so we felt like we had to stay near port on either end so we didn’t miss the excursion or the ship leaving. Would have loved it if our excursion time was different. Snuba was amazing!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fast process to get off and make our 10:30 flight (we were brave and clueless first time cruisers!)
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1 Comment

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

We been on three upgraded ships. Enjoyed the improvement

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