Valor changed to Liberty- extremely disappointed.

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 2
Author: DaveCandy

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

DaveCandy

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

3 Night Bahamas With Carnival Live (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 08, 2017

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2342

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The food and service were great. The other guests pretty common and low rent considering there were 3500 guests. Drunks everywhere, multiple exhibitions of bad/ neglectful parenting and smoking everywhere. You took a risk of stepping on abandoned glasses on the stairs every time you used them. Only once was there a plea to stay on upper decks to smoke. People did what they wanted, where they wanted. Dress code ignored in dining room. Running and yelling through the corridors at all hours. No respect for other passengers. Constant selling and marketing. I will never sail with Carnival again, not as nice as it used to be. Certainly nothing exclusive or upscale. Perhaps that should be the next marketing pitch- anyone can sail!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Excellent- Godfrey was wonderful and knew his menu.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Port days boring on ship, excursions only took a few hours but nothing much to do on ship as far as entertainment.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Flick was the worst performance ever! Comedians pretty good.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

No other older teens signed up for 15-17 year old group- disappointed.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Clean except for abandoned glasses everywhere and a pair of dirty socks left in stateroom.

Cabin / Stateroom

Clean with plenty of storage. Only wanted a bed and shower.

Ship tip

Serenity deck the best! Avoid unsupervised kids and drunks and smokers.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

10 Comments

elainegray 7 years ago

Good to know, I am going on cruise Valor oct 7, it's my first.

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jallaway 7 years ago

Cheri, it's those three day cruises that have that reputation. They don't even do those out of Galveston

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cherijoe 7 years ago

Oh ok, I do remember reading the shorter cruises are more of a party atmosphere. Thank you.

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berri2007 7 years ago

we went on a 5 day on the Valor & had no problems, maybe it's the 3 day cruises

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cherijoe 7 years ago

I'm curious too how do you know if it's a booze cruise? I'm going on my first cruise in Feb on The Valor. I'd like to avoid a booze cruise :)

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davidnlisa 7 years ago

Yes there is security and this seens a bit dramatic. I been on 3 day booze cruise with less issues.

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berri2007 7 years ago

sorry if this is a stupid question, how should we know if it's a booze cruise?

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jallaway 7 years ago

Ugh...I see you were on the Liberty, not the Valor, and you were on the booze cruise. You really shouldn't have been surprised.

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lisa1961 7 years ago

That's awful, is there security on cruises?

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Happysailor46 7 years ago

perhaps not go in the peak in season

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