Our first cruise and it was an amazing time!

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 5
Author: Bummies

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Bummies

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 13, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6284

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was our first cruise and it wont be our last! We are planning one again in 2019!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very Smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was excellent! Loved the Guy Burgers!

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Amazing burgers and the hand cut fries were out of this world!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

70's and 80's Trivia. Bingo was fun! Loved listening to TooCountryForNashville and also Gilbert in the Lindy Bar!! I really enjoyed the casino but the cigarette smoke was hard to deal with. My Wife would not go into the casino due to the awful smell of cigarettes.

Shogun Club Casino

5 out of 5

Lots of fun, dealers were very personable and engaging. Wish you had a non smoking casino. The smell of cigarettes was hard to bare and shortened the time I stayed. My wife would not even go in due the stench of cigarettes. 1 obnoxious shooter at the craps table kept me away from it. She was very foul, drunk, and loud and made the craps experience awful. I understand being excited and that is fun but every other word was a reference to the size of someones dick or other sexual innuendo and it got old fast so I just took my chips and left.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We really enjoyed the shows and activities, Frankie made it a blast!

Children's Programs

No children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff did an excellent job and were always willing to help.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Everything was well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very clean and spacious! We were pleasantly surprised with the room. Only thing that annoyed us was on one night when the wind was particularly gusty, the aluminum doors separating the balconies rattle incessantly and kept us awake.

Ship tip

Go to the front on Deck 6 or Deck 7 outside, there is a wonderful view of the bow of the ship. We watched our departures from Cozumel and Progresso. Very cool to watch.

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