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Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 5
Author: sallywagner76

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

sallywagner76

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 03, 2017

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7314

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The Valor is an older ship without many frills. The swimming pools are extremely small and always filled with kids, no quiet place to relax in the water. Serenity area also small and closed due to windy conditions on a couple occasions. Worst part of cruise was dining room food. Majority of entrees were BAD! Food overall was pretty tasteless. Exceptionally good pizza at Pirate Pizza and great burgers at Guy's. Frankie the cruise director was amazing and had great energy. Made activities fun. First stay in an Ocean Suite; it was very nice.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Larger bathroom with tub and double vanity was great. Also enjoyed the double balcony. Santiago was exceptional room steward.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5

5 Comments

WhodatRalph 7 years ago

RonnShan, in case you do not know it but Carnival converted the Adult only pool to a "Family Friendly" pool a few weeks ago. They did this on a number of their ships.

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RiverPirate68 7 years ago

So you didn't try the steakhouse? You didn't go to the aft section of ship where the adult pool and hot tubs are? Are we talking about the same ship?

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yugar62 7 years ago

We had a great time on the Valor in January and the food was good.

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RonnShan 7 years ago

Did you go to the adults only pool at the back of the ship? I never saw a kid in there the entire 8 day trip last year. As matter of fact, the only time I spent on the lido deck was getting food.

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amelton42217 7 years ago

Maybe book when kids are in school.

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