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: 90

Overall rating:

2.1 out of 5

Verified Review

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: 4 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.