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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 04, 2022

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin number: E154

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall, a great experience! The crew did an excellent job of getting things back up and going after Covid. A great value for the cost, we are glad we went!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everyone was very helpful and friendly and there were no lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Dining room food was fantastic! The burger, pizza and burrito places were great, but the buffet was not the best.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
This older ship didn't have a ton of activities, but we did play miniature golf, shuffleboard, ping pong, and waterslides. We also enjoyed the games and parties on deck, dance lessons, Latin dancing, and karaoke, but wished there was more of these activities.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The entertainment looked unfinished, the dancers just sat on stools the whole show and pretended to sing back-up. Why weren't they dancing? The singers were excellent but I wish there was a show every night. We went to one comedian show and it was terrible. Karaoke was always during 6:00 pm dinner time so it rarely allowed us to go and it was always booked solid.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
We made them go on the first night, but they felt like it was disorganized and they didn't actually start the activities that were listed in the schedule. They just let the kids play whatever (video games) and my kids aren't aggressive enough to get a turn. They didn't return the rest of the week

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our waiters were amazing!! Juan, Novita, Novie. LeiLei and the entertainment crew were also fantastic. The photographers were great and room stewards did a good job.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
The layout was good except we booked another room for 3 and instead of a bed coming from the ceiling, they put a mattress on the floor and someone had to step on it every time to get to the other bed!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Our room was fine for 2, it was the room for 3 that was horrible.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

4 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Sting Ray City, snorkeling, and Starfish beach

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
San Gervasio Ruins and Chankanaab

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
No lines, very easy!
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