Mediocre Cruise/great food&service

Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 3.4
Author: sam5hammond

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

sam5hammond

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

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4 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 17, 2022

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1333

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We had oil flung on our clothes the night before we we arrived at port in New Orleans. We were playing shuffle board and realized the tall smoke stack was spewing oil all over the deck and on us. Guest services line was once again more than 15 people long and I asked someone in housekeeping if they had any stain-remover and they had nothing to offer.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Slow-masks-didn’t get anyone in our party scanned in. We had to have someone rescan all our passports and it took about 15-20 min. And still our children after doing the muster station-we we’re told our kids were listed on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Steak house delicious-excellent service

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Usually late or in an area that was too small. Tried to play bing bag toss but left after 15 min late. Not enough room in the pools and couldn’t use the adult pool because we had children with us.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Not as family friendly as we had hoped.

Children's Programs

Didn’t use it

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room was always neat and had a cute towel on the bed. Very attentive cleaning staff.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

They allowed too many on board with marijuana and it smelled in many areas.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

the king bed kept drifting apart during the middle of the night which made it tough to sleep.

Ship tip

Pick another cruise line. They don’t prevent the marijuana smoking and it’s awful. Long lines for guest services.

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Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

1 out of 5

Not very clean-seemed like we were being herded like cattle. A Woman checking our app & passports yelled at me when she became available as if we didn’t move quick enough. The workers were very rude.

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Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Wish we could have played at a beach-we were barricaded in a shopping area and not allowed to Get in the water. And they played ridiculous announcements to wear masks OUTSIDE! why is that necessary? Covid is over-or here forever-either way we can’t wear masks outside.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Slow and more mask wearing after exiting the boat. Ridiculous. And all the employees with their masks pulled down but doing everything to force others to wear them. Felt like nazi germany. When we leave the port we don’t wear them so why are they requiring them?

6 Comments

Tommyy 2 years ago

Comparing wearing masks to being in Naatzi Germany, LOL!

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JR1973 2 years ago

Said you didn't use the children's programs. Maybe you would have enjoyed more if you utilized it a couple of days.

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purpl 2 years ago

Thanks for your review.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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leog 2 years ago

I have to agree about the small pools and all the marijuana. Other issues are just cruising right now. Hope fully you will go on a Disney cruise with the kids next time. Dont care much for kids during my vacay.

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NanMarie 2 years ago

Wow! Sounds like cruising is definitely not for you.

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