The second time on the Valor

Carnival Valor Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 57

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Carnival Valor

5 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2023

Ship: Carnival Valor

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7317

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Being on a cruise is always a good cruise. I do love the valor for all her dark woods and the women themes. I think they do a very good job of maintaining her. I do think the interior in the rooms should be updated more modern and fresh. We had a suite. I’m an early riser, smoker, and coffee drinker. There are a lot of people like me. It was hard to get coffee around the 4am/5am time. It was like an obstacle course trying to find some. Most were always washing. They need one of those HUGE self serve coffee stations (like Buc-ee’S lol) Now my one real negative- the food. It was just not that great. Yes, you could find something decent but it was definitely sub-par compared to 2020. I know food is subjective tho. That seemed to be the biggest complaint I heard from others too.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
It was a mess. Last time (2020) it ran so smoothly, this time was just disorganized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Most of it is buffet style food so not terrible but not 5 star either. The BBQ house was good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Hands down I have to say that the employees were always working and cleaning

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

They now have plenty of USB plugs but only 1 actual electrical outlet- so definitely bring plugs.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Love Cozumel. Some stuff is way too expensive there, tho

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
We had 4 ships in port so it was busy

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
This went very smoothly. My husband and I were on the highway by 7:40am

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