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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 08, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8416

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

it was a great cruise overall we will definitely cruise with carnival again

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great and fast we purchased the FTTF with carnival and will not cruise without it ever

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
MDR and Steakhouse was a nice experience but we will probably stick with the buffet because they didn't have much in "normal" selections....

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
we didn't experience the pool or fitness center but our boys did and they loved them

Entertainment

5 out of 5
went to 3 shows, the shopping info show, and bingo LOVED them all

Children's Programs

our boys are 20

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Prinz was a great steward and made us feel very welcome.... Sara the waitress in the Casino always had our next drinks ready and knew our names and S&S numbers memorized. Do not have anything bad to say about any of the personnel.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
We love the design (being a military family) and the ship overall was very clean...only complaint in this area was the slot machines were very sticky... never saw any one cleaning them

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
the bed was comfortable, the size was good, and it was always clean.... our steward changed our towels every time he saw one dirty, the a/c would not cool real well but that may have been just us.

Ship tip

find the elevator closest to your cabin and always use that one (it only took us 2 days to figure this out after walking from one end of the ship to the other)

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5
they are on spot with organization, it was a bit nasty as there was trash everywhere

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
the guys went on the ATV excursion and said it was fun but a rough ride, mom just shopped and found that the shops repeat themselves same things over and over

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

2 out of 5
no excursion, we went to the free beach, and we know now why its free, street vendors harassing you every 30 seconds....I am not exaggerating at all, you tell one NO and in 10 minutes the same one is back and asking again. We will probably stay on the ship the next time at this port

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
great again we had the FTTF with carnival and it was fast.
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3 Comments

Mydogluke    5 years ago

Love Carnival

cmglover25    5 years ago

Thanks for your review. We are sailing on it May of next year.

renitac    5 years ago

I am glad to read a good review of the VALOR,since we will be on it in August. I'm glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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