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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 139

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Valor

9 Night Panama Canal Carnival Journeys (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 28, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6217

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We cruise to get away from the stress of life. Cruising on Carnival is always a great experience. The food is wonderful and in abundance. The staff really go above and beyond in their service. I always recommend a Carnival cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Organized and efficient inspite of the weather that delayed it.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Service in the MDR and restaurants, as well as the buffets were top-notch. The servers were so attentive and friendly even though they were very busy. The food was very good

Mongolian Wok

5 out of 5

The food was as good as all the food on the ship. However, the server Buddhman was such a delightful person. So friendly and so happy just to be there. Many times we went there just to see him and chat with him.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The fitness center was state of the art. Very clean.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The many acts performed in the lobby were very good, The comedians were very funny. The stage shows i.e. country singing show and 80's rock, were old and poor. I saw both last year

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room stewards, Katam and Dennis were the best. Friendly, wanting to serve. Buddhman, our server at the buffet was a joy to see his smile each day. Hardi, in the Lincoln dinning room was so great. He was the reason we kept returning. Most of the staff on the ship was friendly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everywhere we went on the ship was clean or being cleaned.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our room was big enough for the two of us. The bed and pillows were very comfortable. Katam and Dennis kept it clean and decorated with animal towels.

Ship tip

Clean and friendly, but the entertainment needs to step up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5
Fun beach town

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
A very interesting site and certainly on my bucket list. However, it was like watching ice melt. Beautiful and amazing, but kinda boring.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Not the nicest ports, however, our tour guide.Jesus, to the cacao plantation was great.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We did the paddle board and snorkeling excursion. Memo and Marvin were great instructors. This was a very fun, if not difficult, excursion. Highly recommend.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Not good. It was not organized and we were not kept abreast of what was going on. Some of the instructions were contradictive. They wanted us out of our cabins by 8:30, but failed to give thought to those dragging around their luggage.
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Mydogluke    5 years ago

Love Carnival

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