Miserable cruise on the Valor, will never cruise on the Valor again!

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 2.1
Author: shellydave

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

shellydave

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 94

Overall rating:

2.1 out of 5

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5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 23, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7389

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I would NOT recommend this ship at all. I feel like we wasted our money. We could not even enjoy the pool or hot tub without being rained on by pieces of black particles from the ship/ engine. It even ruined my husband and daughters swimsuits. We moved around to different areas on the ship and still would be covered in black pieces of some sort of particles. This vacation we looked forward to for a year and was very disappointed, I even cried. I don’t think we will cruise with Carnival again and if we ever do it will NOT be on the Valor. Definitely an experience I wouldn’t want anyone else to have to go through.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

I’ve had better food on other cruises. Not impressed with the food.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

The only thing we enjoyed was mini golf and watching the kids on the stage during a live show. Everything was repeated over and over, nothing really new.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

My 16 year old wasn’t impressed the first time and never went back to a club. Not much for her to do.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Waiters and dinning room were good. Room steward was okay but cabin could’ve been more clean. Staff didn’t talk to you much and the couple we spoke with never followed through with their word or come back to check on us like they stayed they would.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

The ship was being worked on the entire trip, it could’ve been more cleaned and needs to be updated.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Could’ve been more clean especially the first impression when we walked in and the beds were terrible.

Ship tip

Don’t sail on the Valor, the worse I’ve ever been on. Feels like a waste of money. Very disappointed!

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Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

1 out of 5

Check in and check out was fast but rude people and it was in a terrible location. We won’t port here again!

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

8 Comments

tkaye 5 years ago

Love Valor. Great ship. Amazing crew. Send her on back to Galveston!

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TClarkUSA 5 years ago

We’ve cruised the Valor twice and we’re scheduled to cruise on Valor again in a few days. Not my FAVORITE in the Carnival fleet BUT nonetheless we have always had a wonderful experience when cruising on this ship. Hate to hear your experience wasn’t that great but there are a few amazing ships yet to try.

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Kirstiesmom2001 5 years ago

That was our 1st Carnival ship. No problems at all. The reason I will only cruise Carnival as well. Sorry you had a bad experience.

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taacman 5 years ago

We really liked the Valor and had no issues at all

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Tennlady 5 years ago

Dang! I have this ship booked for next year. Now I'm worried...

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lineke1 5 years ago

We were on the Valor a few months ago and also noticed the black soot. It didn't get on though. I didn't care for this ship very much.

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jenn2831 5 years ago

Wow we have been on the valor twice and loved it. Sorry for ur bad experience

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winterswc 5 years ago

Valor was the worst ship for me as well. Even when we first boarded at the port you could see how dirty it was - and that set the tone for the whole entire ship. Bad experience.

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