The ports were beautiful and had a great time. The cruise ship itself was first sailing in 2 years and definitely had things to work out.

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 12, 2022

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin number: M125

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall we had an ok time. We were a family of 17 together. Most of them being kids ages 7-17. There wasn't much for them to do but they kept themselves busy. Lei Lei was such a great cruise director! She made the cruise for everything else had to go through. She was always so upbeat and friendly. It was her first time as Cruise Director and hope she continues on as one. She is awesome.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
We tried to sit in restaurant and took hour and a half to get appetizer and kids food, even though we watched it sit for 20 minutes on the counter waiting to come over. After that waited and waited , kids were all done still done not get meal so told them we all were leaving. Multiple people had same issues. We ate in the buffet for rest of the time. The pizza was best thing fresh and hot but the lines to get it took awhile. They couldn't keep up.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
There was not much to do as others we had been on. Still seems like they were working things out.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
As always the performers did a great job on stage!

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
All of our kids did not like it, 8 cousins went in and had to treat it like a library with no talking , getting yelled at when trying to play with toys. They went in once and not again. It was also lacking communication between the areas.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our room steward was fantastic, as for waiters we didn't get to experience since we did not sit in restaurant rest of time.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
It was clean but extremely small. Our daughter had to sleep on a mat on metal on floor, had we had known was that small, we would have gotten bigger room.

Ship tip

Wait for a little bit so they can work out the kinks as they are just now resuming sailing with a lot of new crew , some we talked to who had never sailed and was first cruise.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

4 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
It was so beautiful, so green and pretty. We did the Gumbalina park and Tabayana Beach day. We loved it so much. Nice to see animals that are in the Wild like they should be but are so friendly. The beach was so beautiful! The people were so nice. We would definitely do again.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
We also love Cozumel. This time we took ferry over to Mainland Mexico for Xcaret park excursion and had so much fun!. We loved the underground river! There is just not a lot of time to see everything, would need days to explore the whole park. There is so much to do and see.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
It was unorgainzed. We did express walk off but no announcements made till after we had seen people leaving and got in line. We were almost out the door when they finally came on and said would release by Muster station but we were going out the door at that point.
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6 Comments

Kimily327    2 years ago

You must not have cruises before if you don’t know rooms are always small no matter… even Suites aren’t that big

PiratesWorld    2 years ago

Thanks for the info

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry your dining experience was as expected. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of it.

Shh813    2 years ago

Did you have all 17 people eating dinner at the same table. That's why it would take that long. Normally it doesn't. It was not the right time to take kids on a cruise. Better luck next time if it's ever back to normal.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

CruzeFan    2 years ago

Thanks for the review. The first sailing after 2 years during Spring Break is not a good combination for a smooth experience.

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