Great and relaxing

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 4.7
Author: aae49

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

aae49

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 10, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8291

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Had a good relaxingbtime. Took my grand daughter's 1st cruise and she is ready to go again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Prompt but they are not familiar about entering pin number on carnival gift cards. Had to fix bill after cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Steakhouse excellent. Guys burgers great and barbeque. Good selection of foods

Scarlett's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

It was awesome

Java Cafe

5 out of 5

Chocolate milkshakes rock

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Burgers are great

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Shows great . The only poor review was the country music the first two days on the 3rd level. The 2 person group was not good.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

They were great put wonderful shows on.

Ivanhoe Theater

5 out of 5

Shows great

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very well maintained easy to get around except to get to Washington dining room

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Comfortable cabin steward was excellent. All staff friendly except 1 at the bar by serenity pool area

Ship tip

It's great for the price and getting away for a few days especially leaving from Galveston.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Had been there before but due to recent happenings did no excursion just shopped and ate at port and returned back to ship early

Thumbs Up 4

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5

More things to see than previous time I visited. Stayed close to port did take free shuttle to town ate and returned early.

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Better than previous time. Faster and more efficient.

3 Comments

Other reviews of this sailing

1st cruise

Valor cruise

Lat Minute Spring Break Family (14) Cruise