Chip and BJ made it great!

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Splendor

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 02, 2018

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8395

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

LOVED it! I wish there was more people 25-30 years old, but we still had fun! I also got a little sea sick, but I should have taken more medicine to fix that issue.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
It was much faster than I thought it would be to get on the ship. However one of our drink packages didn't work right away and we never got our $50 refunded for the day it didn't work. Kevon Grant at guest services really helped with this issue, but it took quite a long time to fix the issue and had to get help from several different people before Kevon fixed it.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Dinner in the Black Pearl was our favorite part of the cruise. We LOVED our Headwaiter Ciprian who we nicknamed "Chip Chip". Him and his team, I Putu and Kunal, made every dinner so much fun, plus they were attentive and always got our orders right!! The quality of the food was great and the portions were perfect...not too small, not too big.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We did the adult pool. Loved the jacuzzi, however, they could have been a tiny bit warmer. Thanks for playing all of the playoff games on the lido deck.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
HUGE SHOUTOUT TO: Kevon Grant - he fixed our drink package at Guest Services. Bjorn - our steward was so friendly, always said hi to us, used our names, decorated our mirror for my birthday, and was always available to come back later if we were still in the room. Ciprian - he made our trip very special and fun, dinner was our favorite part because of Ciprian and his team I Putu Subiana and Kunal.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
It's an older ship and you can tell by the decor. Some parts of the room didn't even match (pink with green and red were an odd combination), but it was well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Get your tender sticker before breakfast so that you don't have to wait 2 hours to get to Cabo. Get the anytime dinner so you aren't confined to the same waiter/time.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
I live in Long Beach so I love it!

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
I've been to Cabo before and it didn't disappoint. It has a great breeze and Mango Deck was really fun!

Mazatlan, Mexico

3 out of 5
It had a lot of history but we should have done an excursion to have more fun. We did the hop on/hop off, but it was too hot.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5
We didn't do an excursion but we went down to Malecon and did our own tequila tastings which was great! It was super hot.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Traveler Photos

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4 Comments

LandM    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise! Thanks for not being a whiny crybaby about everything! Good review!

harleychick421    6 years ago

Glad you had a great cruise!

IkeDeb    6 years ago

renaedave    6 years ago

great review thanks

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