Great cruise on this ship

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 5
Author: coasterking

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

coasterking

Contributor Level: Cruise Director

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 37

Helpful Votes: 565

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 27, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7372

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Youngest grand daughters first cruise, 3rd for grand daughter number 2. They love cruising, and we love taking them, something to do for all

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fine, as we are platinum, priority boarding

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Ate on Lido deck all time

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Grand kids loved pool, this one in blue is her first cruise

The Fun Shops

1 out of 5

Fun shops remodeled, more jewelry: hats shirts, etc, sold on lido deck or concourse sale not impressed

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Loved Playlist Productions shows. They had a real "mean"(playingwise that is)electric guitar player. Watched him play rather than looking at the dancers, he was that good

Glory Atrium

5 out of 5

great easy to get around

Ivanhoe Theater

5 out of 5

Great layout, love the theming

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

First time dealing with Camp ocean. Workers there did great

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Cabin stewerdess did an outstanding job, kids loved her and she did a great job with our cabin

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

We love the Conquest class ships, just the right size

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

As stated we had a great attendent, she kept cabin clean as having 2 kids with you they tend to mess the cabin up

Ship tip

Great ship, they got their act together on everything. Been on it 3 times, best trip so far

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Live 32 miles from here now

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Always love cozumel. Went on a horse drawn carriage tour

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Progreso (Merida), Mexico

5 out of 5

Rode a double decker bus and petted some iguanas

Thumbs Up 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Priority getting off, no problems

Traveler Photos

Note to grand daughters from stewerdess each day

Stewerdess was a towel artist using kids toys, etc

posing nicely for our grand daughters..best cabin attendent of our 15 cruises

Great electric guitar player, from England

Photo with captain, he gave free hats to children

3 Comments

DaveNAlison 6 years ago

Great review! Did the room stewardess clean twice a day? Or, just once a day.

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coasterking 6 years ago

We learned from past experience, a passport is preferred, and you need a notorized letter saying you can travel,etc with your grandson from parents. In Galveston customs can get pretty testy not having the letter..nearly got a fine.

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cruzn4life 6 years ago

We are taking our grandson for the first time without his parents (6th cruise for him). What do I need to bring besides his Birth Certificate? He just turned 7 so he has no I.D.

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