Generally it was great, but they nickel and dime you for everything, addes gratuities onto a spa visit without telling me.

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 17, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Well have summed things up pretty well above in the particular categories. Not happy with mandatory gratuities, seems like alot by the time you have paid for the cruise, but, that being said, people bend over backwards for you.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Dining rooms are much better than buffet, did not try the specialty restaurants.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
my husband had a seminar to attend and the teacher never showed.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Well it was an older ship, soo was not expecting it to be great but, very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Generally it was great. Ports were very hot, lot o vendors hassling you.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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