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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 03, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

It was my favorite cruise so far out of three. Entertainment and staff was great. I loved the ship and the design. Had lots of fun on this ship and it was very relaxing.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Amazing got through quickly with little wait even though there was many people.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was great all around. Dinning room was great and food was amazing especially the Carnival Warm Chocolate Melting Cake. Pizza was served 24 hours a day which was perfect for an anytime snack and it tasted great.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Water slide was nice but wasn’t the fastest and best. The dive in movies were great. Mini golf was fun but holes weren’t to much different.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The “Rock America” show was amazing. Comedians were good and we got a good laugh from them. Music in the main atrium was great and it was nice to sit in the atrium and just listen to the music.

Children's Programs

Didn’t use children’s programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters in the dinning room were amazing and always knew you by name. Room stewards always said hello and asked how you were doing. Other staf was fun and kept the ship safe.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
There were many smoking areas and smoke from the casino was also on the promenade deck so those areas weren’t as enjoyable at times. The public bathrooms were a good size and were clean. Other areas of the ship were clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Beds weren’t very comfortable but to me were fine and I was still able to get asleep. Cabin was slightly dirty but was still mainly clean. It was a normal size cabin for a cruise ship so it worked for the cruise.

Ship tip

The ships elevators have one ding when the elevator is going up and two dings with the second one being at a lower pitch when the elevator is going down.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5
I didn’t explore much in New Orleans however it was nice to walk around in the city.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Very fun port. The shops in Cozumel are great. There are many things to do in Cozumel even without an excursion.

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5
Not much to do in Progreso except for excursions. Not much shopping however there is some. The excursion I went on was amazing though. The Cenotes were very beautiful and lots of fun.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
There was a little cluster of people first getting off the ship but the line got through quickly and it was very easy getting through customs. It didn’t take long to get off of the ship and into a taxi.
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7 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review and so glad you enjoyed.

captainCam17    5 years ago

@gailkib I have been on the Carnival Triumph and the Carnival Ecstasy

gailkib    5 years ago

What other 2 ships did you cruise on? This is my first time on Valor.

Mydogluke    5 years ago

Love Carnival

captainCam17    5 years ago

@rjables There were a couple comedy shows each night in the aft lounge. In the main theatre there was a “Studio VIP” show, there was a show called “Country Road”, and a “Rock America” show.

Texasmom22    5 years ago

Thanks for the review!

rjables    5 years ago

What was the nightly shows

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