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Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

2.3 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 11, 2023

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R117

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great HONDURAS location but most of the people that go I didn't enjoy. Really bad experience with the food. Only elation dining room was exelent. The drinks package is expensive. My wife doesn't drink alcohol and I was forced to get the alcohol package for both people in the reservation, not fair at all. I play casino and the casino doesn't even offer you a bottle of water, even if you are playing thousands of dollars. Book this if you want a cheap way to visit Roatan, Honduras.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Rude staff at the security

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Elation was the only good place to eat. The rest of the food is so bad.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

No order at all. No good activities. The type of people that go on this cruise is people with no respect.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

The Spanish lounge was the only fun activity.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Employees try so hard to deal with rude people. They offer a great service even when dealing with crazy people.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

I dont like the ship. It's small and you feel it moving a lot.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

The "king size bed" is 2 twin size mattress and there is a big gap in between so the mattress would separate and cause an uncomfortable opening in between them while you sleep. They need a king size mattress.

Ship tip

The only great thing about this route, is the ROATAN. HONDURAS.

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

1 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Amazing people in Honduras. Very happy respectful people. Beautiful island

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Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5

The people there are looking to take advantage of tourist. They try to take you to tourist traps. Be careful in Mexico

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

They had us go to 2 different floors for no reason.

5 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Interesting

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CruzeFan 1 year ago

Sounds like Cruising may not be for you, since you didn’t enjoy much of anything. No one forced you to buy the drink packages. You can pay for drinks as you go instead of buying the package, if only one person drinks.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. We usually don’t buy the drink package because I don’t even come close to drinking enough to make it viable. Buying them as we go ends up much less than 2 drink packages. It’s not required. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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J60406 1 year ago

You should have stayed home.

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walte27f 1 year ago

Sounds like your expectations were misaligned. Also probably shouldn’t have bought the drink package.

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