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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 28, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1027

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Had a wonderful time on the cruise except for the snapfu with my Cozumel excursion. Next time I will just book my excursions with Carnival and possibly my cruise since I Carnival has pretty descent prices if booked far enough in advance.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship's layout was great but some of the common areas by the pool smelled pretty foul but other than that, the ship was great!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Gratuities are forced on you at the end whether you like it or not and I get that. What I didn't know is if you liked a certain service (ie.. housekeeping) you can give your gratuities to that certain person or service in general. All you have to do is go to guest services the day before you depart and let them know by name who you want to give your gratuities to.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
My original excursion that I purchased through priceline was discontinued when I arrived. I was very irrate and disappointed. I didn't want to ruin our vacation so I purchased another excursion with the same tour group and paid another $160. I had a good time but wished I would have gotten notified prior to my departure so I could pick an excursion that I actually would have enjoyed more.

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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