This was our 29th Carnival cruise and one of the best. First time to New Zealand north island. Loved Napier especially. Have cruised South Island twice but enjoyed this better. Fabulous crew that spoilt us so much.

Item: Carnival Splendor
Rating: 3.9
Author: DiamondCL

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review

DiamondCL

Contributor Level: Second Mate

99 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

11 Night New Zealand - Carnival Journeys (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 28, 2024

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Love cruising now done 15 on Splendor the best crew .

Embarkation

5 out of 5

First rate

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Great

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Don’t bother going to them anymore as seen them too many times as frequent cruisers. Please change them.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Excellent from top management to wait to cleaning crew. They are the best.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Design a bit ordinary with not being able to go from fwd to aft on 2 decks 3 &4. but we are used to it now having done over 130 nights on this ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Fabulous stateroom attendant I Putu .

Ship tip

Must go to Fahrenheit restaurant.

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Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Fabulous must go to see.

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Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

City Sights bus tour ok.

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Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

1 out of 5

Did not leave ship

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Tauranga, New Zealand

1 out of 5

Did not leave ship

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Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy.

5 Comments

lsbs 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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javawoody 9 months ago

Thanks for the review

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AuntPinkie 9 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise and found a great crew.

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Gwbigdog 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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karlgrgurich 9 months ago

Sounds wonderful. Would love to know why you loved Napier so much

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