I love carnival, the party ship. I have another booked in June. I just wasn't as impressed with this ship. I still had a good time.
Embarkation
5 out of 5
I was actually impressed. With the time slots, we actually walking right in and got straight to the ship. We already had our documents ready and used verifly which helped a lot.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
4 out of 5
For the first time, I wasn't impressed with the buffets. The food was mediocre and mostly the same thing. All the other restaurants were good. Room service used to have some free items during a time frame, not anymore. The sit down dining was good and the chefs table was amazing!
Onboard Activities
3 out of 5
Okay I was really disappointed because they only had the shows during dinner. They used to have them at 2 times to accommodate everyone. Also, the comedy shows used to be near midnight and they were at 730 or 9 instead. This was also during dinner or during the Playlist shows. I agree with another person that a few singers were cringy bad and there wasn't much performing going on other than singing and sitting on stools. Our cruise director was amazing so everything he did was entertaining.
I only saw maybe 3 shows on a 2 week cruise, same goes for comedy. They also put the comedy show in the nightclub a few times and it did not come close to accommodating everyone. Most times you had to miss because there were no seats.
Entertainment
3 out of 5
See onboard activities comment.
I enjoyed laying out. Otherwise because of timing, it was casino time or to the redfrog pub! That was the pace to be with karaoke and music trivia.
I advise you take some books, cards games, or other things to occupy your time during the sea days.
Service and Staff
4 out of 5
Our steward was amazing! The dining staff were great... I only had to take away a star because of the dispute over my complimentary water! Yes folks. You now have to go to any bar to get your water instead of them putting it in your room. I was told I already got my water, which I didn't. Customer service argued with me that I received it at dinner.i did not sign for or ask for anything at dinner. I felt like they were accusing me of lying. She said she would file an inquiry and no one ever got back to me. It wasn't just about the water it was the principal of it and the way they were acting. I already bought several items for the room and would not lie over something so simple. Multiple people on board had the same complaint. If you are supposed to get your water, do it SOON AS YOU BOARD!
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
The ship was clean. The staff were constantly working to keep things sanitary.
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
The cabin was nice as expected. We had a regular unobstructed balcony. I have no complaints with it other than the wifi was out a lot. Even in the sports bars.
Ship tip
Take cards/books for sea days because there are limited activities. Get your complimentary water soon as you board. Take luggage you can carry so you can disembark faster.
This was thee best! We literally wanted to UBER somewhere close where we could snorkel! The driver took us 5 minutes up the road to this cove area. (10 bucks for the ride there) There were SEVERAL sea turtles laid up on rocks and swimming around us!!! It was awesome! We caught the Hoppa on hoppa off bus back for 5 bucks.
Most ppl pay so much for this type of Excursion so we really lucked out. Plus we were not in this port too long so it was nice we were close.
Traveled by UBER! Cheaper than cabs and available all over the island.
Excursion was Paradise Cove Luau. Amazing! We got the delux package! We got nice seating up front, photo, leis. There were several activities to participate in on the beach. The hula dancers and fire dancers were amazing.
Transportation was difficult because it was a Sunday. There was a beach about 10 minutes walking so we did that. Very nice with shops and places to eat as well.
I only gave it 4 stars because we were only here like an hour. Our party had the chefs table this night so we only had an hr and a half. There was a nice market set up where you could buy souvenirs,listen to music, eat.. etc the flag was nice, looked like it was moving in slow motion.
Awful! This is not a fun thing to begin with. Vaca is over time to go. There wasn't much room In the waiting areas. Then as we were leaving something happened and they stopped letting us off for like 20 minutes. I heard they needed security but I still don't know what that was about. We also had early tags because we had a flight. The folks at the Port we terrible telling us we couldn't go down by the luggage yet. Finally we went anyway because everyone else was going.... and they made us wait until ALL the luggage was laid out. (Mind u this was more of a port issue than carnival). Basically people with late tags were getting out before us. We almost missed our flight. From now on I will only take what I can carry so I can get off right away. Also, book flights for later in the day for sure!
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