My 1st cruise - EVER!

Item: Carnival Triumph
Rating: 4.7
Author: Bamacruiser18

Carnival Triumph Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Bamacruiser18

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2018

Ship: Carnival Triumph

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2452

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Will most assuredly recommend a cruise to anybody!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

All of the areas that we ate in were impeccably spotless. In the main diningroom (Paris Diningroom was the one we were "assigned" to), the food was much better. Of the 2 dinner meals we ate in there, the Prime Rib was great and our favorite was the Lasagna - Shrimp cocktail and the beer, cheddar ale soup (appetizer) was our favorites. Was disappointed in the Chocolate Melting cake. Was not at all what I expected. Pot o' crème w/ buttered popcorn was good. Our absolute favorite place to eat was the Blue Iguana Cantina - BEST burritos we ever ate - favorites were steak burrito and shrimp burritos!

Guy's Burger Joint

2 out of 5

Disappointed in this one - UNLESS you could time it just right when the burgers came off the grill and were hot and the fries had just been taken out of the fryer, I wouldn't waste my time on this one again.

Paris Dining Room

5 out of 5

Great food, great service - spotless

Blue Iguana Cantina

5 out of 5

Excellent burritos!!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Enjoyed the Alterr Band just outside the Monaco Casino very much - Played all ranges of music from Country (David Allan Coe) to Rock and Roll and Classic Rock and Roll (Lynard Skynard!) Always something going on from Bingo to Trivia games

Photo Shop

4 out of 5

Crowded, but, staff was very helpful in finding our pics

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Only went to one show on the last night of the cruise and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Rome Main Lounge

5 out of 5

Plenty of room - great show

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

This was a handicapped accessible room and it was wonderful for my husband, who is disabled.

Ship tip

Get ready to do some walking!! LOL!! My calves are still sore!! Definitely check out the Alterr Band just outside of the casino. Play a game of Bingo, and purchase some onboard t-shirts when they go onsale. Purchase a photo made on formal night - I was thrilled at how well ours turned out.

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