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Carnival Triumph Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Carnival Triumph

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2017

Ship: Carnival Triumph

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1248

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This cruise was not good at all.  My luggage was destroyed by a porter and had to be replaced by Carnival.  It was only a year old and it was American Tourister and they replaced it with no name luggage.  The weather was a big factor.  I know this cant be helped but the whole cruise was affected by this.  It was so rough, had we not had motion sickness patches we would have been sick the entire time.  A lot of people were ill.  All the shoes were cut down to one show a day, unless you are a gambler or a drinker you were bored too tears.  The lines for the restaurants were awful.  Not once, did we not have to wait for food for at least 25- 30 minutes at a time.  And I must say the food was sub par to average at best.  The excursion in Cozumel was cancelled and reimbursed to us and the one in Progresso was not what it described.  We went to a private home with a private chef and bartender supposedly to this amazing beach.... so wrong the beach was tiny and the water was not pretty and the bartender couldn't understand anything we wanted unless it was a beer or strawberry margarita.  The food here was good but not as good as what it describes when booking it.  Do yourself a favor and book to an all inclusive resort and skip the cruise.  We will never cruise again. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
cant plug in a curling iron or a straightener in the bathroom and the hair dryer was a joke, Our room was cleaned several times and we have not complaints about the maid service

Ship tip

Skip it

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

1 out of 5
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9 Comments

shernug73    7 years ago

I wasn't pleased with the triumph or the staff. was my third cruise and my room wasn't kept clean, the chef came out to our table and argued with us because we couldn't eat the filet it was so tough. We went to Guest services about that. Was very rude.

sunshinel9ver    7 years ago

You book a cruise in March and you ALWAYS risk bad weather!! STOP BLAMING CARNIVAL FOR WEATHER CONDITIONS!!!!Any cruise is what you make of it!!!

eforrest65    7 years ago

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I agree that the food isn't necessarily "amazing". Also, my family and I have been on cruises where the weather was bad enough that no one could go out on deck and caused the ship to rock quite a bit. we have also endured an excursion that did not meet our expectation and disappointed us. That being said, what we have leaned from this is: the best time of year to cruise, which foods to try to avoid, and which excursions to overlook when planning our next cruise. We don't expect them to be perfect, but we are a family that love to cruise together and make the most of our time together while on vacation. We'll continue to cruise and take notes as we go lol. I hope you give it some time and try it again. Spring time is a FANTASTIC time for cruising. Good luck.

pacrat    7 years ago

American tourister luggage is junk anyway. as far as the weather goes you can't fix that they can't either. sorry you had bad time but no reason to blame Carnival for everything. I will be going in 15 days

emprenger628    7 years ago

I am so sorry you had a bad experience. The weather was bad on our first cruise as well causing us to miss one of our two ports. However we tried again on a different ship and different time of year and had a blast. Maybe try a different line! I do hope you cruise again ⚓️🏝🛥

lashawnjohn    7 years ago

I actually had a horrible experience my first time on the Triumph which was also my first cruise. I said the same thing id never cruise again but against my better judgement I gave it another shot and I loved it. This time it was the Breeze and doing another on the Breeze in May. With all that being said give it another try.

jodi74    7 years ago

same here I'm so sorry people are complaining about the weather and over crowed ships! The weather has been bad for the past 2 weeks all over the place that is some of the chances you take when your on any vacation ! some people should stick to land, I am to a carnival and a cruiser for life!

lisao    7 years ago

That's too bad. In 11 cruises we never had an experience so bad. On our last cruise we had an issue with noise near our cabin and Carnival went above and beyond to make it right. While we occasionally cruise other lines, we are Carnival loyal for life!

kristagins    7 years ago

So sorry to hear this.

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