Fun time but left a lot to be desired

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 33

Review summary

This was my 5th cruise, but my wife and 4yo sons first.

 

The ships was nice enough, but very disappointed with a few things.

 

- Food portions were all very small, unless you served yourself. At breakfast I was given 1 piece of bacon, and 2 potatoes. My wife asked for 3 personal pizzas at the outside pizza shop and was told "no only 2, get back in line for another"

- Lines for everything. Food, drinks, excursions, guest services, etc. Way too much of my vacation was spent waiting in a line.

- No customer service. Wandered around the dock in the heat waiting for someone to help us find where our beach  excursion was leaving from with no Carnival staff anywhere around to help.

- The adults only area was very nice, but why do they have an area that's so much nicer then the rest of the outdoor areas on the ship? Padded lounge chairs, covered hammocks, enclosed private cabanas! Did they pay more then people with kids to use this?

- Food quality was dissapointing, buffet reminded me of the college cafeteria food. Main dining room was a little better, but shrimp in the shrimp cocktail were tiny, and my surf and truf that you had to pay extra for was good but the lobster tail was the size of a jumbo shrimp.

- Smoke filled cassino was right off main mez and kids had to walkthrough to easily get to other areas of the ship, my son called it the stinky area.

 

The good

- Drink prices not bad, bar staff friendly

- Burger shop was great!

- Ricardo who cleaned our room was excellent! Best service of the cruise.

 

Overall we made our own fun on the ship and are ready to go on another cruise but just not a Carnival.

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Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

Nassau, Bahamas

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

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