Was not too impressed with this ship

Item: Carnival Splendor
Rating: 3
Author: ValfromVA

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

ValfromVA

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 03, 2016

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1085

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This is my 8th trip or so on Carnival. I wasn't too impressed with the layout of the ship's Lido deck. The deck seem smaller than the ones on other ships due to the layout. The water in my toilet was black the whole time, but I was told from another cruiser that theirs was fine. The restaurants closed earlier than I remember - or it could just be this ship's schedule. By the time we got back from excursions, the buffet was closed and the only choices were sandwiches and burgers since the buffet closed at 3:30PM. The destinations were nice, I just didn't like the ship that much.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Restaurants closed too early

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Dirty toilet water the whole time.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Really nice location near the Lido deck BUT there was a constant noise above us the whole entire trip! It sounded like someone was dragging tables/chairs across the room. I went upstairs to see, but it's just lounge chairs above us. It woke me up a few times while I was sleeping.

Ship tip

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

5 Comments

nsadulski 8 years ago

Did you go for 8 nights?

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jonrlowe 8 years ago

A couple of the shows were good Tien Fu the Chinese juggler comedian was good, George Lopez Comedy club was good, other shows weren't as good as I expected (from past Carnival cruises) maybe it depends on the week you go?

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nsadulski 8 years ago

How were the shows on the splendor? I was on breeze and victory and i was very disappointed on the breeze for the shows. They sucked compared to the victory.

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mawspt1 8 years ago

Thanks for this information , because I know that I will have to order food ahead of time and have it delivered to my room. Or while on the island have lunch there. I will put this in my notes. I know the ships are trying to cutback and this is one way they can do it. This will be my first time on this ship, but it will be my 12th cruise ship.

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jonrlowe 8 years ago

I agree completely I was on week of March 27 and layout of this boat is odd. Same problem with lunch buffet. Seemed to close too early then major long lines at the Deli and Pizza since they were only things open. Even tried to order room service 3 times during this time frame was on hold for at least 10 minutes and finally gave up they never answered.

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Had a nice time.

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