West Coast Down to the Mexican Riviera

Item: Carnival Splendor
Rating: 5
Author: waldrokl

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Mexico

waldrokl

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 29, 2019

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

A great cruise to some amazing Mexican ports of call.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very Smooth, got right on

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was always great, and made even better by wonderful staff

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We always found something to do

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Shows were well done

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was always wonderful and called us by name from the start

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Clean, but definitely weird theme

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

The only reason we did a west coast sailing being from Indiana was that I had a conference in Costa Mesa. We really enjoyed the area and weather.

Thumbs Up 1

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

We were supposed to scuba dive, but the water had too strong of a current, stilled enjoyed the day.

Thumbs Up 3

Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5

We hired a driver and toured remote villages, an agave plantation and distillery.

Thumbs Up 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Great Port, we spent our time on Las Caletas, I did some scuba, my wife got a massage and the beaches were relaxing

Thumbs Up 4

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Security detained us to talk to customs due to spending too much money, customs did not think they should have stopped us.

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Thank you for the nice surprise, Carnival!

Always so much fun.