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Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 75

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Carnival Splendor

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2017

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8440

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Been on 22 cruises..lots of Carnival...dont really rate Splendor as one of favorites. Prefer eastern caribbean....much cleaner and better beaches. Splendor does not have a lot of the restaurant stops as other ships. Sort of an odd layout compared to other Carnival ships. The Lido offerings has been less than previous cruises...still pretty good, but not as many choices. Excellent TANDOOR INDIAN food......the best of any in a long time. .....always fresh and not a ton of people in line.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Platinum.....excellent quickly on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Not the Michelin Guide top 10 but pretty good. Lido is generally good. Please cruisers....stop eating food whilst in line....cant you wait 3 minutes to sit down? It's not polite to lick your fingers while going through the line. Pizza liine is packed and forget about the WOK unlesss you have half hour ( people....please quit ordering 4 meals and holding up the line. Taste Bar offered some nice treats...BBQ was good but not as good as GUYS on other ships. CARNIVAL still does not enforce DRESS CODE....t shirts,jeans on formal night.....?? COME ON!!!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Weak.....comedy club was pretty good. Karaoke was taken over by one particular group.......pretty bad

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Great cabin services...restaurants were good too.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Pretty annoying to see trays of food on floor in hallways.....Why so long to pick it up.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
DONOT BOOK THIS CABIN....right below LIDO deck...constant chair moving, scrapping all night......NO SLEEP...terrible noise.

Ship tip

Good for the money.....expect lots of rude people.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Best stop....people polite..cheapest booze.....very nice and our favorite.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Stay inside the shops at the pier....if you go downthe hill...you get bombed by beggars and hawkers......

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Lots of stores....cheap goodies all over.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Found a nice quiet place....gotta run the gauntlet of beggars and tour hawks.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Early offf......nice.OUtside terminal you can get shuttle to airport for 10 bucks.
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7 Comments

kassandrann    6 years ago

I’m 8461 😳

Elroy22    6 years ago

8440, balcony in the back.....VERY LOUD.

kassandrann    6 years ago

What room did you stay in?

banaford    6 years ago

I have not heard that. But, I wouldn't be surprised. I know it is going to the west coast.

sweeti    6 years ago

Great review... I think I may have been on your cruise and agree. I've heard Carnival decided not to sell after all.

cbcruisin    6 years ago

banaford - I heard they are not selling it after all??

banaford    6 years ago

It is an odd layout. It was originally built for Costa cruises, and it is supposed to go to Asian market. That's why no guys burger, etc.

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