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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
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Carnival Paradise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 27, 2022

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin number: R79

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

I have been on hundreds of cruises with Carnival as my husband and I are platinum ready to go to the next level but this was the cruise from he'll. Do to getting covid we had to cancel our September 10th 46th wedding Anniversary Cruise which was supposed to be 14 days cruise. My husband and I are almost 70 and it's not right to come home with covid after not enjoying our cruise and having to cancel the 1st leg of our anniversary cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The food was not great. It was ok.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The musicians were great. I give them a 10. Karaoke was excellent, I give them a 10 also.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
The teenagers club my kids were disappointed as the staff person barely interacted with them. He would plan activities and show up late and say he was there when he was not. On the phone behind the counter the majority of the time.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
The first day table 105 was amazing. The following day table 106 the service was HORRIBLE. Had to ask for the menus! He would take meals orders from the last person he sat and we would be last. I told him I wanted a bake potatoes and he asked me why as the meal has mashed potatoes. An elderly person was sitting one person away from us and he was coughing and throwing up in the napkins and putting them in the area theme's are brought. The waiter kept serving people and did not remove the person. He returned to the table coughing and throwing up into his napkins and the waiters didnothing. We suspect theman had covid as since we came back from the cruise 3 of us came down With covid. We wore a mask thewhole time except when eating our meals.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
It was OK. Nothing to brag about

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cabin was very small for 4 people. The cabin stew5had to separate the beds so we could have room to move around. The cabin steward was Amazing. I give him a 20+ as he was great

Ship tip

Make sure you wear a mask at all times. 23 members of my family came down with covid the day following our return home.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
It was OK. Been here many times before.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Been here so many times and is always the same.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
It was horrible. The elevators were small and even thought you were on line to take the elevator people would cut in to befirst.
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9 Comments

MNAndy    2 years ago

Why is it the cruise lines fault you got Covid?

dwkcruiser    2 years ago

Interestingly enough,you gave the “Cruise from Hell” a 3.6.🤔.

Frogboo95    2 years ago

Sounds great.

debbiejoe    2 years ago

Hundreds of cruises and you're only platinum? Something doesn't add up.

CruzeFan    2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Covid is everywhere, including cruise ships. It’s something we have to live with and continue on with our lives. You should be able to get the menus by scanning the QR code at the table on your phone.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Sorry 😢

rpmmenard    2 years ago

For potioning your cruise.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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