Great Western Caribbean cruise

Item: Carnival Triumph
Rating: 4.9
Author: Hildy963

Carnival Triumph Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Hildy963

Contributor Level: captain

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 7

Helpful Votes: 314

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 29, 2018

Ship: Carnival Triumph

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7249

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise on the Triumph with my dad! The crew is the best ever and they spoiled us the entire cruise!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

I love the Port of New Orleans. Embarkation and debarkation is very easy. I love sailing down the Mississippi River and it helps living just a 3 hour drive away.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

My dad and I ate at the Lido buffet, the Paris Dining Room, Guy's Burger Joint, the Pizza Pirate and the Vienna Cafe. The food was great at every

Vienna Cafe

5 out of 5

Love the milkshakes!

Redfrog Rum Bar

4 out of 5

Great drinks

Pizzeria Napoli

4 out of 5

We enjoyed the pizza! It tastes better with beer!

Paris Dining Room

5 out of 5

We thoroughly enjoyed every dinner!

New World Bar

4 out of 5

Quiet place to get drinks

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Love, love, love Guy's burgers!

Grand Buffet

4 out of 5

I always enjoy the food there.

Cherry on Top

5 out of 5

Great shop and yummy candy. Bianca who works there helped us get roses delivered to our favorite female crew members.

Carnival Deli

5 out of 5

We love the sandwiches you can get there

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

Enjoyed the drinks there that we had with the two shopping experts, Ryan and Jessica. The drinks were great!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We were able to get in the hot tub one day while docked in Progreso. We thoroughly enjoyed the shows in the main show lounger.

The Fun Shops

5 out of 5

The stores always have fun things to buy and met a great employee there named Thea.

Mini Golf

4 out of 5

Lots of fun

Capitol Atrium And Bar

4 out of 5

We enjoyed our drinks there

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Rome Main Lounge

5 out of 5

We enjoy the lounge and we loved the shows! We were fortunate to meet the female lead singer, a male dancer, and three female dancers!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our cabin steward Melinda and her supervisor Piya were fabulous! We loved our wait staff as well. Our favorite staff member was Mariana a hostess from the Ukraine. She was super sweet and spoke to us every day. She spent a bit of time chatting with us and actually invited us to a private food tasting in the ship's galley the last night of the cruise! We sampled 19 dishes that were made just for my dad and I. It was fabulous and we felt special!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship is in relatively good shape despite her age. The only issue worth reporting was a sewage smell one day that was noticed in a few places then disappeared. Not an issue for us.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Enjoy the Triumph and please take time to get to know crew members. It paid off for us on this cruise as we not only received a bottle of wine from Guest Service, we got a food tasting in the ship's galley, and got a lot of private time with 5 of the main stage performers.

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