You get what you pay for

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 2.9
Author: quinnlefeber

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review

quinnlefeber

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 13

Helpful Votes: 112

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5

4 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 28, 2022

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Had fun despite horrendous food selections and subpar alcohol selections. Plus they constantly ran out of bottled water, coffee syrups, coffee creamer…pretty ridiculous

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Love carnival but this ship and cost cutting was ridiculous. Poor alcohol selection (bourbon and scotch) and they ran out of bottled water throughout cruise. Food quality was terrible. Buffet had dry chicken and rice. First time on a smaller ship…firm no

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Unless you gamble not much to do

Entertainment

1 out of 5

80s show was terrible. All they did was sit on chairs. Rock show they at least tried to dance….emphasis on tried

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was great

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Clean but dated and not maintained. My room bathroom smelled like mildew and the balcony suite was rusted. I was afraid the balcony ceiling would collapse as it was hanging low

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Grand suite U74. Very spacious but the bathroom smelled like mold:mildew. Balcony spacious but very rusted.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Did the La Casa VIP excursion. Highly recommend. Great food and tequila

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5 Comments

quinnlefeber 2 years ago

Don I didn’t ask for your opinion. This review is to help people make an informed decision

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donf407 2 years ago

It amazes me when people book the small budget ships then complain, you get what you pay for !!Either pay for a better ship / better food or except what you paid for and fun my last 7 cruises have been on budget friendly ships and I’ve had a blast it’s all what you make of it

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javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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Frogboo95 2 years ago

Sounds great! Glad you enjoyed it.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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Other reviews of this sailing

great 4 day cruise