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Carnival Triumph Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Carnival Triumph

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 25, 2017

Ship: Carnival Triumph

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7245

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

As our first cruise experience I think it was great! My husband and I are already planning our next cruise and this time we will be taking our children!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Going through security and customs was pretty slow.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The main dining rooms were beautiful and the wait staff were friendly and attentive. We didn't eat at the buffet very often because of the slow-moving, long lines.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We enjoyed that the ship had several pools to choose from. The poolside movies were great! There were plenty of interactive games that were a lot of fun.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward Bukhari was great! He always greeted me and my husband by name and always with a smile! All of the staff were friendly and helpful!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship layout was pretty confusing. To get to some of the lounges in the rear of the ship you had to go up a deck to the back and then back down. The maps were kind of vague and there weren't any signs pointing you in the right direction.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room was very clean and bigger than you would expect. We loved the towel animals that were left every other day by the steward!

Ship tip

Join the activities and don't be afraid to sit with other guests at mealtimes, it was fun to get to know some of the other couples.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5
We stayed in New Orleans for two days before our cruise left, It is a wonderfully crazy place!

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We did the Snorkel and Lunch. We came into Puerto Maya and it was a 15 minute walk to Sand Dollar Sports. Jeronimo was our instructor and was very helpful and friendly! The lunch they served was delicious and the drinks were ice cold! We will definitely do this excursion again!

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5
Other than some of the vendors being very pushy, we had fun shopping for souvenirs.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Getting off the ship went a lot faster than getting on.
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2 Comments

GIL155    7 years ago

And once you do that, you just KNOW what the children will want to do on the next family adventure. Congrats on YOUR first cruise experience.

DebIke    7 years ago

Glad you loved it. I am sure the kids will love it.

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