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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Valor

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 06, 2016

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6439

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The Carnival Valor was a good ship. Well maintained and clean.

The servers in the dining room (Lincoln) were amazingly good. I can't praise them highly enough. I'd provide names if anyone wants to request them as servers.

The cruise director, "Classy Cassie" and her assistant Sam were consistently crude and very UN family-friendly. I haven't experienced this level of trashiness in a Carnival cruse before. Very disappointing.

Our stateroom was always maintained well, and cleaned up quickly. We didn't have the "personalized" service there we were accustomed to in the past, however. That is, previous stewards went out of their way to make sure we knew their names, had cards to that effect, etc. But that is not a criticism of the service. It was excellent.

We continue to enjoy Carnival Cruises, and anticipate we will take more in the future. The three-star rating would have been four or five, had it not been for the disappointing cruise director.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship tip

The Serenity deck was nice, but VERY windy. If we'd traveled later in the year (not early February) that would not have been an issue, but it was a little (lot!) cold.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
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3 Comments

ladywalton    8 years ago

Jay, apparently some folks like to around and counter anything they perceive as a negative comment. If you had a less than stellar experience in comparison to what you are used, you have a right to complain.

riley1220    8 years ago

And one night during 80s trivia she handled a situation with a very drunk and rude person who was dancing horrible and dropped his pants and acting a fool very well and appropriately.

riley1220    8 years ago

That's too bad, I was on the Valor the week before and actually found Cassie a breath of fresh air for a CD. I did not find her crude, I thought she was fun and very involved. Most of the time the only time I see a CD is on the stage before a show or something n tv. I met and talked to her for quite a while one day.

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