Great, our Mother's 1st Cruise

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 4.4
Author: AChildofGod

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

AChildofGod

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 09, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1305

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Great Cruise because we took our Mother's on their 1st Cruise. Entertainment needs improvement. We're use to bands at different places on the ship playing all types of music. More music by Whitney Houston is needed in Karaoke. Smoking needs to be done only outside and not inside the ship anywhere. The second hand smoke is killing those of us who don't smoke and that's not fair!!! Wheelchair assisted individuals should get on and off the ship first, hands down!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Buffet was good. We ended up getting late dining and our mother's do not eat after 7 p.m. due to health issues, so they missed that experience. "Disappointing"

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

A variety

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Stage Shows were ok. DJ was good. Need new line dances like the "Get Up & Bama Shuffle" all that other stuff has gotten old. I love to dance and I was too excited about the same old line dances. This is our 7th Cruise, so I need a change.

Children's Programs

No children traveled with us, just our mother's.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Awesome service but OUTSTANDING service from Clemente our Steward!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Beautiful and great designs! The smoking in the Casino area is horrible. All smoking needs to be done outside period! Second hand smoke is the worse!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

AMAZING

Ship tip

Don't get a cabin on Rivera Mid, too noisy and very rough ride!

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Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5

Great, no excursion.

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Great, no excursion.

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Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5

Waste of time because there was nothing to see or no place to get reasonable souvenirs. Definitely do not want to go back there.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

HORRIBLE on the Ship ends.

5 Comments

Doggydad196422 5 years ago

Smokers have rights too.

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cruisereckoning 5 years ago

Nice, I’m sure your mothers enjoyed.

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Cruiserike0322 5 years ago

How neat...wish my mom would go...she is afraid of water!

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sumterhootie 5 years ago

We were on the Sunshine last week out of Charleston, SC. Casino area was the worst we have ever seen. Smoking was on both sides of aisle in casino and it was horrible. We have been on Carnival many times before....usually have a smoking area and non smoking area. In smoking area there seemed to be some special smoking filters to help ease the smell and smoke. We had people in our group that wanted to gamble, but couldn't handle the smoke. Need outside smoking or totally designated smoking area.

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papapot41 5 years ago

Glad you were able to take the mother's. Memories will last a life time.

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