Small cozy ship 🚢 but terrible food.

Item: Carnival Paradise
Rating: 3.6
Author: paadams63

Carnival Paradise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 20, 2024

Ship: Carnival Paradise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: U20

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Small old ship. It felt crowded… and most of the clientele… I’ll just say that Carnival is the Walmart of cruise ships. There, I said it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Our boarding went very smooth with no delays.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The food lacked … a lot. Dried out chicken, inedible grisly steaks, fish was more like fish sticks. Whether it was the buffet or the restaurant it didn’t matter. The buffet had few choices to choose from. Good thing Guy has his burger joint at least we knew we’d get an “okay” burger to eat.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Small ship so not many things to choose from and crowded.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Music was okay… just average. Two comedians one was decent but the second guy was not funny at all.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Cindy our room attendant was great. But most of the ship’s staff didn’t acknowledge us.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

We tried an inside cabin for the first time. It wasn’t as cramped feeling as I expected I’d do an inside room again if I needed to save some money. The walls were too thin. We heard drunks in the hall every morning around 3-4am and we heard our neighbors puking next door. Wonderful….