Carnival Valor-Southern Caribbean

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 123

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Valor

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2016

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1034

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

My favorite part of the cruise I think was relaxing at Grand Turk.  I loved our excursions at Aruba and Bonaire, but it was so nice to just get off the ship at our leisure and walk down the beach.  We found a little local food/drink hut and just hung out there and had a couple of beverages, ate conch fritters and jerk chicken and then just enjoyed the beautiful water and beach.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
We had overly long wait times to eat in the MDR. Food was good and once seated we had good service all but one night.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I enjoyed the Punchline comedians this time. The shows and Lido deck activities need some changes.......same think every time, but for newbies, guess they really enjoy. I have seen enough Hairy Chest contests and 80's music shows.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
I enjoyed the comedy club and the live music but otherwise I would have given this a sad face.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
I assume this were o.k.......had no reason to use.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our room steward was exceptional. The rest of the ship seemed to be understaffed or disorganized most of the time. I went to guest services once about our room charges and although the gentleman solved the problem, he seemed to be very indifferent about doing so. There was a server in the casino that was downright rude to our group (doing a group pull on a slot machine), he literally said, "move or I will run you over"....crazy

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Overall, things were clean. Did see some messy public bathrooms twice, but overall all was good.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great location. Only issue would be that there was no laundry (ironing) on this floor. Had to carry clothes down a floor to be able to iron them. Our steward (name is like Olguain) was wonderful.....friendly and met every request we made like he was happy to help us out.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

khoernke    8 years ago

Was it Jack's Shack that you went to in Grand Turk? I was trying to decide to walk there or do Margaritaville there. I've heard that Jack's was pretty relaxing

bradpeugh    8 years ago

May I ask, what did you do in Bonaire? We are going in February and haven't seen much on this port. Thank you

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