Old and Rusted and Outdated Valor

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 2
Author: kapssg233

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

kapssg233

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 17, 2017

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6266

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Skip this ship and Carnival Valor, For $350 + $52 mandatory tip you can get a couples massage while kids above you run and jump and have fun. The Main Dinning room will only offer 1 unique item each night, one appetizer was flat bread pizza with BBQ chicken not impressive. Steak was 6 oz., Vegetarian options were even more limited. Kids (2 & 5) pay the same as adults, so with my family we were only looking to booking 4 rooms but we split the adults up and for only $40 more got 5 rooms. On a positive the cruise director and a bar tender Erwin did Great jobs doing their jobs to make the cruise better!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main Dining wasn't special or that good. other places pizza and taco bar where good

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

Cruise director did a great job

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

It's rusting if you look on the deck and the massage are done while kids jump and play above you.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

OK, except the light in the bathroom going out 5pm, I called but nothing happened the 1st day so we had to leave the door open to use the bathroom and shower. Called the next day and they finally fixed it. Next there was only 2 outlets in the room and bathroom total.

Ship tip

Quit charging the same price for kids as adults! Quit going to Progresso?

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Dolphins on your own + you save half the cost that Carnival will charge you.

Thumbs Up 10

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

1 out of 5

Pass/skip/Don't Go

Thumbs Up 1

6 Comments

Amy222 7 years ago

I'm thinking this was your first cruise and you didnt get the advice you needed w booking a good location room. Also, didn't get the memo that you can order as many items as you want in the dining room. Heading out on my 19th cruise this week!! Doing your homework before you cruise is so helpful in making sure you get everything out of it.

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Castiel 7 years ago

You must have been on a different cruise line. Every cruise we've been on has had different food in the dining room every night.

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taacman 7 years ago

Valor is my favorite. Always go with a positive attitude and don't expect to be treated like royalty and we always are waiting for the next cruise

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Macu 7 years ago

Sailed the Valor it was awesome

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Grownsexy 7 years ago

Why skip ship & Carnival Valor ? Why the 2 stars ?

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karlbro99 7 years ago

Why complain about the menu? been on valor 3 times, many soups,salads,appetizers,meals,desserts.....rhe steak was only 6 oz? Why not order 2 or 3 or 4?.....16 cruises on 3 lines never had that bad of experience on any.....maybe you better not cruise anymore.

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