Grand cayman beach excursion BAD

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.7
Author: Nashguyjc

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review

Nashguyjc

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

6 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 10, 2023

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: E242

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Loved the aft balcony cabin, hated the ports other than key west!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

First time in an aft balcony. I spent so much time just relaxing in the breeze and listening to the water in the wake of the ship! Loved aft! I will always choose balcony rooms no matter what

Ship tip

It is a smaller older ship. Better for a first cruise or for older crowd. Ship has very little in the way of activity. Pool gets beyond crowded because there is only one small pool

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

1 out of 5

Purchased the carnival beach excursion for 90$. What a waist of money. They bussed us to this tiny walled in area where the actual beach space was so small. The lounge chairs were so tightly packed in you could not go around a chair, you had to walk to the end of a row and squeeze through and climb up on the chair to turn around and sit down. The free drink was a disgusting rum punch. After the second or third load of guests got in you literally could not see the beach anymore. Literally could not see the sand because of how small the area was. I wanted to walk down the beach and when I went past one of the rock walls that blocked off this little section of beach, I was met by an actual uniformed security guard telling me I had to go back to the section I was “assigned to”. His actual words. I bought a beach excursion and was sequestered to a small area that was elbow to elbow crowded with more than 300 people stacked into the area like sardines.

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Montego Bay, Jamaica

1 out of 5

Hated this port! Bay was beautiful but that’s the end of what was beautiful about it. Ugh too many barkers at the port with taxis and souvenirs. Plus was not impressed with the local populations attitude towards visitors. I would imagine they are a huge part of the locations income, but RUDE. And wtf at lgbtqia+ being illegal in Jamaica? Damn catch up to the world

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Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

Tampa, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

6 Comments

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Great fun!

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