Meets minimal expectation

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 4
Author: kandicelackey

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

kandicelackey

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 04, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2471

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was fun. The ocean was amazing, the staff was great, but it could've been better.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Carried around bags for hours, paid for overpriced drinks after buying a drink pass.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The food was okay, nothing special and seriously lacking in the seafood dept

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

I didnt bring any kids, so idk.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Songs were fun, karaoke was great, the shows were funny, but mostly bingo related.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Trying to navigate through the ship with doored off areas during specific times got irritating.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Dont leave your room before 8:30. They immediately start clearing you out. They're like vultures.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Murky water, not a lot to do.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Terrible. We left the room to get breakfast, returned an hour before checkout time to relax a minute and they were already clearing us out.

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