Halloween cruise

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.7
Author: jeanr23

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

jeanr23

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

Verified Review

6 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 30, 2023

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M172

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

weather was good, carnival employees were good, cabin was good. Entertainment was okay. enjoyed the steel drums the most. Casino was always too crowded - no machines open at night.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

no waiting; line kept moving

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

food was okay; servers were great -- breakfast buffet was okay

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

only 1 line dance lession - need more. Pool was not crowded; enjoyed steel drums by the pool - guy's burgers were good - mexican food was good

Entertainment

3 out of 5

enjoyed deal or no deal shows. already saw music shows many times

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

room steward Edi was great - dining room servers Ryan and Triana were also great.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

ship was clean. ship's layout and design were good.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

bedding was good. mattresses were very bad and needing replaced!!

Ship tip

show good manners!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

3 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

2 Comments

Other reviews of this sailing

Enjoyable but seemed to be a lot of "technical" problems with the ship & crew

Good first cruise experience - not exactly what we expected, but overall good experience