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Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 4.3
Author: arichard99

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review

arichard99

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 20, 2023

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: M30

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall good trip. Discovered the casino ut oh…

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Elation dining room - food portions seem to be getting smaller in the dining room. Overall food was good. Many of the entrees were served lukewarm at best. Buffet had all of the typical foods available.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Not a fan of the piano guy in the piano bar. He wasn’t very entertaining and wasn’t the best singer. Definitely not Gustavo. If you know, you know.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

First time ever that we noticed some of the front facing staff were snippy. Happened with 3 or 4 in different situations.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Love the Paradise but it’s time to move out of the 70’s with some of her decor.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Plenty of room for 2 adults. 2 porthole windows. At the end of a hallway so no real foot traffic. Liked the “new” exterior cabin doors. Close to the elevators.

Ship tip

Everything is done through the Hub now. Download on everyone’s phone before you get onboard.

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Grand Cayman is a tender only port. If you are going to Cayman and you are not Platinum or Diamond, definitely get Fast to the Fun. The tender process was a train wreck. If you didn’t get an early number ticket for the tender, you waited 4 hours to get off the ship. The last okay now everyone can go ashore didn’t get announced until 1:30 and last tender back to the ship was 5:00. Cayman’s main business is international banking. This is not a typical Caribbean port.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Note - Cozumel is 1 hour behind ship time. When you arrive at 7:00am it’s 6 their time. The main shopping district downtown doesn’t open until 10-11am.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

5 Comments

Other reviews of this sailing

Great cruise-horrible agency

we had a good time

Not sure I will take another cruise