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Item: Carnival Valor
Rating: 3.7
Author: bonphyhy

Carnival Valor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

bonphyhy

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 20, 2023

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1422

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I’ve been on many cruises and this one was disappointing

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Disappointed. Past cruises have offered escargot and lobster in the regular dining room. Food was only mediocre.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward/waiters were great, other staff were not knowledgeable with some of our questions ( received different responses on the breakfast buffet opening - especially on days with excursions

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Bring warm clothing - the ship was FREEZING

Thumbs up

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 out of 5

Did not spend time exploring NOLA, but had a great dinner at Gabrielle’s

Thumbs Up 0

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Beginners scuba was great, HOWEVER, saw the scuba gear sprayed with a SMALL spritz of germ killer….that night I had a sore throat and tested positive for Covid when I got home. Not SURE I got it there, but definitely contracted it while on board somewhere!🤒

Thumbs Up 0

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

1 out of 5

Enjoyed the city tour from the bus terminal in town. Bought a ring at the jeweler (Roma Jewelry) within the port shops. It was watermelon tourmaline wit( small diamonds - was told all were genuine stones, got an appraisal (Jeweler’s name wasn’t printed on the appraisal) saying it was genuine…..all were fake! They also said they were recommended by the ship. I’m checking on that now and have to go through disputing the charge with my charge card

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

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