First time cruiser! Absolutely loved the Valor! Now we are crazy about cruising!

Carnival Valor Cruise Review

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 15, 2018

Ship: Carnival Valor

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This was our 1st cruise. Was the best experience!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Parked, unloaded our luggage, went through security and on the ship in less then 30 minutes!!!! Awesome!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We didn’t go to main dining while on this cruise. It was our first cruise and we had so much we wanted to see. We were crazy about Guys burgers! Best ever! The Deli was wonderful. We didn’t try anything on the ship that we didn’t like. Everything was great!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Kiddos loved the pools, water slides and hot tubs! We went to the family friendly comedy show and it was hilarious! Put-put was a must! Kids had a blast! They really enjoyed the basketball court as well. We were on a 5 day cruise and didn’t have time to do everything. That is awesome! Lots and lots to do!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The cruise director was amazing! I do believe his name was TJ! The sail away party was a blast! Don’t miss it! Always great music playing! Didn’t go to any of the live shows but will in the future. Comedy shows were wonderful!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
My kids were hard to keep out of the clubs! They had the best time and met some wonderful people from all over the world! The clubs are great for kids! I felt completely safe with my kids being there. They take great care of your children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward was great!!!! He was always there for anything. He brought us a fan when our room was warm. Waiters and waitresses were always easy to find, courteous and very well trained! I have no complaints on service or personnel at all.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Fell in love with the Valor as soon as we walked on. Very clean and well maintained! Loved every bit of this ships layout and design.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was great. Size was perfect for us. Room and bed was very comfortable. First couple of night was kind of warm but out wonderful steward fixed that by bringing us a fan.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We woke up and left our room by 8:30am. Went and had breakfast, went to our designated areas and was off the ship by like 930. Very fast and super easy disembarkation. Was terribly sad to leave. Literally almost cried.
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2 Comments

bobduck1993    5 years ago

It's always so nice to hear that first time cruisers enjoy themselves as I did on my first cruise ,and haven't stopped yet.Can you say that you are hooked? If so welcome to the family!

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Great review! Glad you enjoyed your cruise and had no complaints like so many others...yea... Enjoy your next cruise! Oh and we 💖💖💖guys burgers too- wish they and blueiguana would stay open for dinner!

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