Carnival Chaos Abounds!
Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
7 Night Exotic Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: May 28, 2006
Ship: Carnival Valor
Cabin type: Balcony
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 18 years ago
Review summary
Carnival made an inexcusable mess of the tendering process when we visited Grand Cayman. We gathered in the Ivanhoe as directed and at 8:45 am a crew member yelled "Everyone for StingRay City- this way!" and proceded to RUN! We grabbed our stuff as fast as possible and tried to follow, but there were 5000 non-touring people in the same stairwell trying to get a tender. We were told if we booked a trip through Carnival that we'd get priority in getting a tender, but this was SO not true. Who ever ran down there the fastest got the first boat. We asked other crew members for help or directions, but they just shrugged (probably didn't understand what we were saying.) We missed the tender that took the fastest runners of the group, and nearly missed the tour. Carnival personnel couldn't care less. When we complained to the Purser's desk, they said to go tell Shore Excursions. Shore Excursions said to complain to the Purser's desk (!) Shore Excursions also blamed other passengers for not following the directions to wait (I never heard any such directions and anyway, you can't expect people to be so self-restrained.)Ship experiences
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Ports of call
Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
Pros: Some shore excursions/ the dinner meal
Cons: Complete lack of order and organization during all tendered trips/debarkation
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