Carnival Valor - Highs and Lows

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 3.9
Author: melissabboring

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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4 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 16, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1343

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We have sailed on the Valor before and the ship is a nice ship. The food was the most disappointing because we have had much better food on all of our other cruises, including on this ship.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

The New Orleans port traffic was very unexpected. It took us over 1 hour to move 2 blocks to get into the port parking.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The 3 stars was solely because of Scarlets Steakhouse, Guys Burgers and Blue Iguana, they were all very good. Other than that the buffets and main dining room was equivalent to school cafeteria food.

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

Loved it. Ask about the Mixology class, we had a blast.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Main dining room service was not good. I felt like as soon as the waiter could get us through he was off for the night. Very rushed and not personable. The Alchemy Bar was the highlight of the trip with outstanding service from Ivana.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

If food is important to you plan to spend the extra money on Scarlets.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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lukerush 5 years ago

So the MDR service was bad. Was the food good? We've noticed in recent years the service has went down due to lack of staffing but the food has remained excellent. Hopefully it's excellent on this ship when we cruise. Thanks for the review!

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Mydogluke 5 years ago

Full review please????

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