Loved the ports I visited in Hawaii

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Hawaii

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Splendor

14 Night Hawaii Carnival Journeys (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 12, 2019

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2387

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Embarkation was confusion and lines, some nice shows and comedians to watch on the way to Hawaii, Great visits to beautiful islands at each of our port of calls in Hawaii, interesting experience in Mexico, and the drudgery of disembarkation.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
I didn't enjoy it.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
I enjoyed my experience in the main dining rooms for the most part. The Buffets are too unorganized for me.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
I think the major shows could have been taking up a notch. While they were enjoyable, not all the cast were of the quality I would have expected.

Children's Programs

Didn't take any children with me on the cruise

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward did an excellent job of keeping our room clean. Could not have asked for better. For the most part our dining servers did a great job.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything on the ship was clean and there was always someone cleaning when you looked around.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin had plenty of room for a couple. It was clean and comfortable. The steward taking care of our Cabin did an excellent job.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

1 out of 5
This is were you get on the ship. Not clearly marked where to check bags to get on ship once you get out of taxi. Lines to get on the ship.

Kahului, Maui

5 out of 5
Enjoyed a trip to a plantation. The guide was knowledgeable and fun to listen to her stories of the plantation, crops, and the island.

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5
Great excursion into the city with a guide and a visit to Waikiki.

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

1 out of 5
The captain decided not to go to this port. We were greatly looking forward to this port stop. We also had an excursion booked for this port and while we were refunded the cost, that didn't make up for the loss.

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5
Enjoyed out excursion, just not enough time to spend at Pearl Harbor and the memorials.

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
Another great excursion to an open air flea market, the sea blow hold, and did a wine tasting. Enjoyed ourselves. Just wish we had a little more time at this port of call.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Long line and carrying luggage. Difinitely something I think can be improved.
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2 Comments

TheDust    5 years ago

Wow I thought this was the best embarkation port we went to. You can clearly check luggage with the porters, and the line was super fast. If you didn’t like carrying your luggage then don’t self debark No matter were you go if you self debark it will be a long walk. It kills be when people complain about self debarkation.

TheDust    5 years ago

Wow I thought this was the best embarkation port we went to. You can clearly check luggage with the porters, and the line was super fast. If you didn’t like carrying your luggage then don’t self debark No matter were you go if you self debark it will be a long walk. It kills be when people complain about self debarkation.

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