Carnival the WalMart of Cruising

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 3.4
Author: vkdahlgren

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

vkdahlgren

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

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9 Night Panama Canal Carnival Journeys (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 28, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8290

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My husband had a good quote for description of Carnival it has become the WalMart of Cruises

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Late getting in so we were delayed getting on, total mess up, had scheduled time to board, put in holding room for several hours

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Spa was good, hot tubs were good

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Old and tired, last shows before ship and it showed they lacked enthusiasm

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Personnel seemed bored, waiters unattentive seem in a rush, uncaring on desires no suggestive ideas, yes sir no mam next question move on like I said bored

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Size of room was expected. Comfort level good, cleanliness could be stepped up

Ship tip

Go on a bigger ship or wait for this one to be renovated including crew

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Never had been to here before was excited to see new place

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

1/2 late getting only 3 agents available to check us through customs not 8 slow slow slow

8 Comments

Mydogluke 5 years ago

You blame Carnival for you being late???? Maybe you should go on Seaborne next time, BIG SPENDER.

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freebase 5 years ago

Carnival is not perfect....but none of them are. I've cruised Carnival and NCL. Had a good to awesome time on Carnival.... Slept on NCL😐. It's what you make of it.

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donf407 5 years ago

I’ve heard that before it’s fine for me I guess I don’t have very high standards I see the price of other companies and just can’t justify the difference I can’t see myself having 20% more fun if I pay 20% more or whatever the difference is

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mary0909 5 years ago

What kind of review is this?You didnt even list the ship you were on....

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jenn2831 5 years ago

May think its a good quote but not original

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mason2x 5 years ago

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amberfranciscy 5 years ago

I disagree. Now I have only cruised with Royal Caribbean and Carnival. I'm not into Disney cruises. I think they are fun and have a lot going on. Their prices are reasonable too. I have gone on many Carnival Cruises and set sail on another in October. I have never had a single complaint.

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BeeKimball 5 years ago

Interesting that most people who say that are Walmart shoppers...

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