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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 94

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 02, 2019

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8245

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Valor was a great start to our cruising experience! We loved the vibe and the team at Carnival made it a fantastic vacation!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth-NOLA port staff were great. We were onboard within 30 minutes of arriving!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was very good. We loved the Steakhouse-best meal anywhere in years! MDR was also good and buffet always had good options. Guy’s Burgers was fine and Blue Iguana was good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
This trip was to recharge so Serenity Deck was amazing for that. We shopped a little and enjoyed Kevin and his team everywhere!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Overall there was good quality on the Valor and something for everyone. Comedy Club and the violin trio were very good. Stage shows were solid.

Children's Programs

No kids on the cruise with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Joanna our steward was AMAZING! Knew our name every time and our service was impeccable. Yuan and Ko in the Sports Bar were great all week and the steakhouse staff/chef made our meal there memorable for all the right reasons. We didn’t experience a single rude staff member or bad service at a bar, in MDR, the shops or anywhere else. Valor was fantastic!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Once you got the layout, it was easy to navigate. We didn’t see anything unclean or in poor repair anywhere. The ship staff were always doing maintenance to clean things and spruce it up-they take pride in it and it shows.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was in a great location.it was clean and we were more than pleased. Loved our balcony-won’t cruise without one!

Ship tip

Don’t hesitate-go! The Valor is wonderful!

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5
Self guided excursion here but had a great time.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Did Nachi Cocuum Beach Club...beautiful place, attentive staff and good food. More chill and adult oriented so that was perfect for us!

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5
Progreso is a city on the rise. Lots of construction and busyness make self-exploring challenging right now but the people were wonderful. Next time we’d do an excursion I think to learn more about that region.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Valor staff did a good job explaining it but it was still chaotic. We will pack differently next cruise to make it easier!

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3 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Carnival is the place for fun

cmglover25    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

ronnyclicks    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise . We love the valor too. Funny but few posts down someone hated the valor. Guess it's all a personal thing

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