Worst cruise ever

Carnival Valor Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 28, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8347

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Staff was worst ever. Rude and not helpful at all.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Guys burgers was the best option and I’m not a big burger fan so I wish I would have had more tasty options

Lincoln Dining Room

1 out of 5

Food was not very good at all and staff was extremely rude. Slow service

Room Service

2 out of 5

Food was terrible and most counters were closed every time we ate buffet. Staff was rude

Mongolian Wok

3 out of 5

Food was ok but staff was rude

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Best food on ship

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The only ‘activity ‘ we did was bingo and the man selling the cards spoke to me very condescending and was an asshole. Georgia was annoying

Entertainment

1 out of 5
All of the singers sucked, worst entertainment

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
I saw my room steward the day we boarded and never saw him again. I tried to call his direct line several times and he never answered. The day I saw him I asked for ice- he never brought ice- ever. Worst room steward I have ever had. Dining room staff was over worked and took it out on guests. Other staff and personnel rolled their eyes and vocally ‘sighed’ when asked a question. I couldn’t believe what I was experiencing. Never had this happen on any other cruise.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
The design was terrible. I did not like this ship at all.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Ac was broke entire time despite calling or going to guest services everyday to let them know I was dripping sweat in my room. Balcony door was broken. No room service menu or breakfast menu in room. I couldn’t find my room steward to let him know and guest services never answered. Nor did the steakhouse.

Ship tip

Cancel and book another cruise

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Mr sanchos was a lot of fun

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

1 out of 5
Pier too long and no bicycle taxis for disabled people. Reasonably priced shops, too hot. Did not do excursion.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Kept moving but was super long. I actually threw up from the heat.
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9 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Sorry for your disappointment

mbiggs31183    5 years ago

I agree, I had the same experience back in April. It was my first time on Carnival and I will not be back. I'll stick to Disney Cruise Line from now on.

sgoostree    5 years ago

I'm kinda shocked at reading this..I just went twice weeks ago and I thought by far they had the best staff ever on any ship I've ever cruised....sorry you had such a bad experience.

dmpslp1    5 years ago

When you see 1 extremely negative review out of 100's of positive.........

CruzeFan    5 years ago

1ttat1    5 years ago

I've sailed Valor before and had a very nice time.

bakegirl27    5 years ago

I have cruised before and I’m well aware of the language barrier. That wasn’t the problem. Every other cruise I went on was nothing like this one. I love carnival and have had awesome experiences every time until this one. I couldn’t believe how awful it was. I know what I experienced and frankly don’t care for the snide remarks. Do you think I wanted to have a bad time? Are you kidding me? I’m giving my honest opinion about the service I received. If you had a great time hooray for you. No one in their right friggin mind books a cruise just so they can give a bad review cMon have some common sense. The purpose of a review is to give a review .... GOOD OR BAD. So don’t try to judge me as a person from a ship board chat.

davidnlisa    5 years ago

I can't with this one...🙄

CruzeFan    5 years ago

Sounds like cruising and traveling may not be for you since you seem to have had an issue with everyone you came in contact with. Sometimes there is a language barrier on the cruise ships that many perceive as the staff being rude. Cultural differences can also be perceived in being rude if you are not accustomed to people being blunt and matter of fact.

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