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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 13, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1046

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We arrived an hour early to the dogs but still got off the boat later than scheduled

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We like cow the line moves smoothly for those who came on time for their appointments and those that did not come on time had to wait in a different line. That seemed very fair. It all went well but really miss having our picture on the card so that we don’t have to take a drivers license along with our card when we go off the ship for excursions

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
They were ok. First time, second night we did not receive good service but the additional nights Hardly anyone showed up so the waiters were not that busy and we received good service

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
We attended some of the pool games such as the drink making and the hairy chest which were OK

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The last show for rock ‘n’ roll Through the years was wonderful. Probably the best part of the trip

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We didn’t see our room steward very often but he did a decent job. Waitresses and service staff were very good and attentive except our second night in the dining room

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Just looks a little dated but nice

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was nice. About the same as all the other cruise this week taken on Carnival

Ship tip

Be sure and take an extension cord because there’s only one socket in the entire place so if you need to plug in more than one phone to charge them or curly Nyren along with something else you need to take an extension cord. And if you’re taking a CPAP take a very long extension cord that can reach over to your bed

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
It was somewhat frustrating because we had an excursion booked through the shore excursions on the travel website and the excursion was canceled but we were not notified because we didn’t book through carnival so we had to pay for a taxi to go to the location to find out that it was canceled and then pay for a taxi to get back. Frustrating

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5
Progress it was OK. Still has a long way to go to become a good beach destination and shopping was better priced than other places

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We arrived an hour early to the dogs but still got off the boat later than scheduled
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2 Comments

janae439    6 years ago

I love watching the games on the Lido deck

sunshinel9ver    6 years ago

leathersml I have been on 70 cruises, 15 with Carnival and have never had my picture on my sail and sign card.😎😎

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