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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Valor

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 30, 2016

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2375

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We have sailed Carnival for years (since 1982!) and have booked Suites, Balconies, Inside Staterooms, and Ocean View rooms...........we have never had a bad room or bad service by any of the staff.  This last cruise was just the right number of days (5) and two really nice ports...Dominican Republic and Grand Turk.  The on shore activities were well-rounded for everyone in the family and reasonably priced.  The ship is well maintained and everywhere you look, everything is bright and shiny..........that being said, the floors that transition from the outside decks (Lido) to indoor floors, were constantly sweating and people were falling down each and every morning, and some suffered injuries.  The only thing that could be improved is the food  on the dinner menu on the Lido Deck.  I have always LOVED eating on the Mezzanine level outside watching a movie on the jumbo screen.  This cruise, however, the food was just not up to par...the roast beef and pork steak were always tough and the veggies seemed to have a "just out of the can" taste.  I think that sometimes the cruise lines upper management neglect their older ships in favor of the glitz and glam of the new, BIG ships.  I like the older ships with fewer passengers, and I want them to be as good as the first time I cruised on them....when they were NEW!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Arlene was wonderful and the "towel animals" were always adorable!

Ship tip

REALLY loved the Ocean World on Dominican Republic! Nothing like I expected........really well kept and the animals are so well trained and well treated!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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8 Comments

cybert1    8 years ago

This isn't blaming Carnival, we already booked another cruise. Sometimes you expect alot better when you go on other cruise and the bar was raised so high. Some complaints I heard was no excitement, some didn't meet there room stewarts some paid them extra. Several arguments with between guest and 1 between workers. Just 1 weird cruise.

ReedA51677858    8 years ago

Yea lets us hearse the complaints and give feed back to Carnival so they can address them

jjehaas    8 years ago

Complaints about??

cybert1    8 years ago

We just came off the Valor too and that's all we heard was complains.

jph15303    8 years ago

Thanks for your feedback and warning About the floors .. looking forward to the Valor July 8th

Macu    8 years ago

I just cruised the Valor on May 30th and it was an awesome cruise..... Don't know what people complain about

joeswife    8 years ago

We are cruising on the Valor the last of July. Hope it can come close to the Liberty 2 years ago. She was Awesome!

jjehaas    8 years ago

When did you sail on Valor?

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