Caribbean Cruise

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 4.1
Author: sgoforth

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

sgoforth

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 03, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The cruise went well other than kids in places they are not allowed and no one correcting this issue. I did notb bring my kids on this cruise for a reason and I did not want to have to deal with other peoples kids. Kids not being required to have 24 hour supervision is ridiculous. The service from Calvin, Regie and Yin in the Washington Dining room was absolutely the best service anyone could ask for. They work amazingly together and off superb customer service. The disembarkation was a disaster and horribly managed. I have never experienced anything so unorganized and unsupervised in my life.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

9 Comments

skstokes 6 years ago

This is an interesting statement. We are just off the Anthem and I had 9 separate individuals tell me how well behaved and considerate my 11 yr old daughter is. Some of the compliments were from people in the upper suites. We have been on a Carnival cruise and the unruly kids was why we changed our cruise preference to RCCL. My daughter falls into the home schooled category so not all kids, home schooled or even regular schooled, are wild and unruly.

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Annr281 6 years ago

We go in the off season for the same reason, less kids! Try your cruise during spring break or the summer. Then you will really know what a ship full of kids look like! Children during this time of year is nothing! Another cruise line may be best for you. There will ALWAYS be kids on a ship! (Unless it's an all adult cruise.) Good luck on your next trip.

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JeanetteRoss 6 years ago

I think her point was their are adult only areas and kids should not be there PERIOD. And the parents should know where their children are and make them abide by the rules

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ericb66 6 years ago

Carnival is a family-oriented Cruise Line we have Cruise the last three years and have brought our daughter with us at all times who is now 16 years old many times we are not with her on the ship but she was brought up to be very respectful we have been on cruises where the staff has come across unruly children and very quickly address the situation our daughter also looks forward to this vacation every year when we Cruise

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JeanetteRoss 6 years ago

Why doesn’t anyone ever say anything about the unruly kids and in areas they aren’t supposed to go. My kids are not coming and I can’t promise to not be rude to a child and tell them no or you are not allowed here.

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mason2x 6 years ago

They should allow for unruly kids to be placed in a dingy towed behind the ship.

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Texasmom22 6 years ago

Thanks for sharing! We always get faster to the Fun, which makes debarkation super quick and easy. It’s one of the reasons we enjoy carnival. Last time I cruised without FTTF debarkation took 3 hrs.

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mabsback 6 years ago

I agree some people bring their kids and forget them while on the ship. The kids run wild and do whatever they want no supervision at all. I now try to go while kids are in school. But now you have so many kids homeschool that you still end up with lots of kids. Holland America has lots less kids

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DerekMire 6 years ago

That's why I go in December no kids or very few

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