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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 25, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We had a great time overall even with our cabin being hot. We can’t wait to go on another cruise. We learned so much this time that can be applied to our next trip.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Long line but it moved fairly quickly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining was phenomenal, buffets were ok- they closed them down a lot so we missed them sometimes.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
TJ the cruise director was super fun.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
DJ was fantastic musicians were fantastic

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Gede our steward on floor 1 was the very best! The air conditioner in our room was broken though and they just gave us a small table top fan- didn’t fix it. A technician came in twice but it wasn’t fixed at either time.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean- missing decor in elevators

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Very spacious, bed was very clean and comfortable, cabin was very well taken care of

Ship tip

The soft drink package in my opinion wasn’t worth it. The soft drinks tasted flat, I ended up drinking more lemonade anyway.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5
Loved New Orleans! Beautiful city minus the con men who try to “shine your shoes for the kids”

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Loved Cozumel. Our Cab driver was very helpful. $32 for 7 people to Playa Mia. Shops were nice shop keepers weren’t pushy.

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5
Shop keepers were very aggressive. Looking at blankets one shopkeeper picked one up and there were bugs all underneath it he just knocked them off and picked up another one. We did not buy anything. Courtesy buses took us downtown where we walked to the beach, paid $15 for a table under an umbrella and then got some cokes and 6 tacos for $100 American dollars. Wasn’t my favorite place.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and efficient
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