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Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 50

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 15, 2020

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1005

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Was amazing and I wish I was still on it and not having snow dumped in Chicago

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We were in the ship I’d say in 15-30min. It was pretty organized and seemed to move fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food on this ship was amazingly great! The burgers, pizza and seafood stations were better than most of the food you can find on the mainland. The Buffett was Buffett quality. The formal dinner was just ok and only did it one night. The bars were all great especially the craft cocktail bar Alchemy I believe it was called. The 3 bartenders were extremely experienced and knew what they were doing. Not to mention extremely friendly and remembered your names even after the first night drinking with them. Highly recommend

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Didn’t do much more than drink and lay in the sun

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Music was all what you would expect

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward was very personal and would only clean or drop off towels when we were away. He always asked if we needed anything by name if he saw us in the hallway.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship is what you expect from carnival. The typical weird orange paint and lighting. Could use some updates but rarely in the room anyways

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Was clean. Showed typical wear. Beds were ok. Balcony was great!

Ship tip

You DONT NEED TO TIP. Didn’t know that tips were auto added at end of trip and I was tipping $1-2 per drink. So basically I ended up paying for the drink package and then $3 per drink on top

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 out of 5
Was a dirty old port? Expected

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Amazing weather and amazing beach. We just did the $29 carnival beach. It was amazing. Service was top prices on drinks and food were good and the water was nice

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5
food was amazing. Beach was soft white sand. Water is only about 5ft deep but the waves were a lot of fun. Only complaint would be we didn’t have enough time there due to the long drive. Most of which is just the pier.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We didn’t sink and made it home safe. So I’m happy!
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2 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed.

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Great review, welcome back to snowland

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