The Good and Bad

Carnival Triumph Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Carnival Triumph

10 Night Eastern Caribbean Carnival Journeys (San Juan To Galveston)

Sail date: January 27, 2016

Ship: Carnival Triumph

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6384

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

     First, how can any cruise to these island ports be bad!  We enjoyed every day, but did have some major issues as well.  This is an older ship, but well appointed and not an issue except as noted below.  This was our first Carnival cruise.  Will we use Carnival/Galveston again.  Maybe, but will probably not be our first choice vs cruise lines/ports where we have not had these issues.

 

    The GOOD: 1)Staff was friendly/efficient and, except as noted below, helpful. 2) Rooms were clean with good closet/storage space including a nice bathroom cabinet.  3) Bed/pillows were comfortable. 4) Food/service was good and liked inclusive omelets/ salsa/ stir-fry/hamburger stations as alternative. 5)Excursion desk was helpful when had questions. 6) Great ports

 

     The BAD:  1)We use Room Safes for all passports/credit cards/cash. Had older safes tjat lock with a credit card or drivers license, both of which will NOT be the same number even for couples with the same account.  Unless together, only one person has access and a card I want IN the safe is not.  2) Dining Time indicated when purchased was Open and preference was confirmed.  On board were told that "confirmed" only our preference, but assigned 8:00pm!  This time was NOT acceptable and a 10 day issue!!  3) Normally do not buy liquor on cruises. However tried some high quality Puerto Rico rum thought might not be available in US, so bought at Carnival's Duty Free Shop. At NO time were we told Texas limits to 1 gallon (my 4 liters exceeded) regardless if

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Forced 8:00pm :( , Food & service :)

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Customer service/disembark information for handicap was not accurate :(

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Open smoking is a major issue. If you want to keep smokers in the casino, put it behind doors so the rest of us can walk past it without gagging :(

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Card based safe was an issue :( but cabin was nice and had good storage.

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Plan to spend a few days before cruise. If you stay in Old San Juan, walk! Lots to see/do and beautiful.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
If you have been to St Thomas (and we had), don't miss St John!

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
In port on Sunday so a good many port shops were do not open. Street vendors open but require cash. Significant number of cabbies soliciting, but were respectful when declined.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Galveston, Texas

1 out of 5
Beware of Texas "Duty Free" limits and tax before buying
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9 Comments

Henry0    8 years ago

We did not want to end our great vacation cruise so we stayed on board till the very end, enjoying the breakfast time. By the time we left ship the lines were almost down to zero for customs and shuttle Loved it all!

mikemmm51    8 years ago

Some ppl will complain about everything. Probably complain every Sunday after church services. Have been on the Triumph to Cozumel twice in 5 years and loved it both times. Enjoy the experience, food, beauty, and fun and don't sweat the small stuff. Complainers shouldn't travel.

perrywalden3    8 years ago

I always take an old gift card. As long as it has the magnetic strip, it will work for the safe.

xxrudyxx    8 years ago

Fyi. My wife and I always carry or pull our own luggage for faster disembark. In December we were leaving galveston by 1015am

ctblake    8 years ago

I believe the Texas liquor laws are listed in your cruise contract

cruiser1969    8 years ago

I used sail and sign card for safe and it wiped it out. I could not use it anywhere else. Guest services gave me a new card and said we could not use it for safe because it would mess the card up. However, on other ships, this card works.

TME305    8 years ago

I'm sorry you had such a hard time as we were allowed to be with the Faster to the Fun people as we had early fights...we were on the Magic & it was fabulous as always!

Mickeycrazed    8 years ago

Your sail and sign cards work for the safe, just fyi. That's what we used and had no issues.

rgbenning    8 years ago

That is one of the longest reviews I have seen in quite sometime. Thank you for taking the time to post it.

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