Carnival Valor Cruise Reviews - Reviews

It is a beautiful ship. Crew was amazing the food was top notch. The guy in the spa was super friendly and nice. Really enjoyed TJ the new cruise director. Will sail on her again for sure

Our cabin staff was not the best. They made the bed but didn’t even empty our wastebaskets. The wait staff in the Washington dining room was awesome. There was a lot of activities but many things closed too early and we spent some time searching for places to eat and things to do after 9:00. We had a bad experience with the guest services attendant who was totally rude. No need for that.

Our cruising party was a group of 6 (3 couples), and we were there to celebrate our 40th birthdays. It was perfect. We were able to hang out and just be our normal selves, or we could go catch a show. It was our intention to not really "plan" anything or have any set schedule, and it all worked out perfectly. We are already looking forward to planning our next cruise.

Great cruise! We always enjoy cruising with carnival!

I think they need a new system for exiting for muster and exiting for cozemel. Maybe by floor. They need a freight elevator for delivering luggage instead of inconveniencing the guest.

Had an amazing Birthday on this ship. Was given a $50 spa gift card and a picture gift card for my birthday! My birthday happened to fall on the Captains toast/ elegant dinner. They did a Birthday dance 😍

This was a way overdue honeymoon. We went on our first cruise to Cozumel and Progreso. Progreso temples are amazing, Cozumel water and beach resorts were perfect. Amazing trip which we are thinking of doing yearly now.

Had a great time. Would do different excursion. Disembarkation took a long time.

Will anyone be sailing on June 25-30? If so, join our FB group, Carnival Valor June 25-30. Please share any tips, excursions ideas, what to pack and what not tips. We have a few newbies who will be cruising.

First ever cruise , and it was on the Valor this past week. The staff was wonderful, ship was fun to explore in , and there are many activities for us to take a part of.

We want to relax an we did. It was a very memorable experience. Cant wait to go again hopefully very soon

first cruise was wonderful. i really didn't know what to expect. everyone was extremely helpful. our cabin was cleaned daily and we always felt comfortable with our cabin steward. Our waiter in the Washington dining room Ding and he was top notch. Marybell was also great. And Achillies was superb. Please give them all a raise and a promotion. They really deserve it.

This was our first cruise with a family of 5. (Ages 72,47,35,15,6). We paid for FTTF, and pre-booked excursions. We could tell our FTTF purchase was worth it right away. Not only did we just walk right through the terminal but we were seated by 11am to wait to board the ship. Every single person we encountered in the terminal was friendly and seemed happy to be there wishing our family a great trip! We boarded the ship at 11:30 and tried to go to our rooms. We were told they would not be ready until 1:30. So we waited. Finally at 1:30 the halls were open and we made our way to our room to unpack. Immediately pools were full and chairs were claimed. It filled up fast! We explored for a while and eventually found a chair together. Our first sea day we spent mostly outside by the pool. We went to main dining all but one evening. The morning we arrived to Cozumel was a disaster. Getting off the boat took over an hour. We had a prebooked excursion and had to meet at 9:15. We didn’t get off the boat and to the meeting point until 10:33. The whole time I was told they would wait for us, they won’t leave us. Get down there and they indeed had. I went back to the ship just devastated. This is what my 15 year old had been anticipating. I was a basket case when I approached guest services. To my surprise and elated joy, they refunded me immediately, without penalty. I went back down to meet my family and we looked at our remaining options of excursions and chose the push/pull/swim with the dolphins. It wasn’t the adventure we were hoping for but was still a great experience. I wish the facility would offer a way to buy pictures when you get home vs making you make a decision on the spot to spend $200+. I would have loved to have a picture or 2 but not at $80 starting for one. And then to chase me out and offer me a “better deal”. Yea, no. We weren’t too impressed with the “all inclusive lunch buffet”. Very low quality in my opinion. We ate at Three Amigos on the way back to the ship and it was great! After getting more info on our excursion in Progresso, we decided that wasn’t a good fit and asked Carnival to take back our tickets and refund and they did without even a blink. We decided to just get to port, get off the boat and see what is available and decide. It was less stressful that way. We ended up at a resort and it was just the most relaxing best time. We thought Progresso was beautiful and the staff at that resort were just as pleasant and hard working as they could be. We had such a great time. The last sea day was pretty uneventful for us. We were over the pool overcrowding and stayed in and explored events on the ship all day. My opinions and advice: don’t prebook excursions. They were not cheaper by booking in advance, they were the same price as listed in the book. The stress of having to make a time and missing it was too much. It took away from our experience. Have money on your card and just pick something that’s available unless of course it is a limited excursion. The buffet dining and main dining are actually very similar in regards to some “main entrees” and of course desert and apps. Themes were similar. We had late dining and wished that we had an earlier one. 8:15 was late for our family. Get there early for shows and events on the boat. Areas got super crowded and were standing room only. Valor has one thing going for it. The crew and every single person we encountered on staff were pleasant, happy and genuinely acted happy to be there and have their jobs. We loved forming relationships with our steward and dining room staff. When Valor team knew or heard of an issue that we experienced that was in any way negative we were met with the best hospitality (complimentary drink coupons for our wait for excursion credit and error, champagne and chocolate covered strawberries delivered due to our Cozumel debarkation chaos). This is why I rated it a 5. Sure it may be an old ship, and sure we had a lot of “first timer kinks” that we needed to experience but Valor staff made the difference! We are looking into booking another cruise on another ship as well as RC but our first cruise was still an adventure and one we would repeat, just do a little differently. I hope this review helps someone.

This was my second cruise. My first was on the carnival Breeze. (5 stars). The carnival Valor had a unique charm. It's an older ship and it was noticeable. It had some wear and tear. Some broken ice machines. Our 8th floor laundry room flooded due to a broken washing machine. The water was vacuumed up and cleaned. Some balcony rails were broken but carnival did have caution tape around the broken rails. The staff was awesome. Food was awesome Shows were awesome Casino was good. Up $30 then lost it😩. Boarding and debarking was easy. ( Go with the flow here) Excursions-. In Cozumel we went to Mr. Sancho. This place is 5 Stars. Make your reservation on line. 5 dollar deposit on line. All inclusive food and drink. The waiters will bring the food and drink to you unlike other all inclusive that make you stand in line for your buffet. Make sure you tip here. Ask for Hector the waiter. Over All I enjoyed our cruise. I was not going to let some minor stuff ruin the Cruise.

This cruise ship was old and dated, well kept for a dated ship, needs improvement on the food and ship would be great. This my second time cruising with the Carnival as the Liberty was an old ship too but could hardly feel the ship. The food wasn’t good as the last cruise and I’m thinking perhaps the chef matters. Also they could add more choices for people whom diet does exclude pork. The salad should have more choices of lettuce since everyone may not like the mixed choice. The captain was friendlier than when I sailed on Carnival Liberty. I plan on doing a family cruise but I’ll carefully book the choice of my ship next time. The newer ships have more activities as I’m aware they save em for longer cruises. This 6 day warranted a much better experience than received although my children had a blast to last. Heck, I expected better food than paying for the best entrees’. I’m doing my homework for sure on the next cruise.... But thanks for the good time my youngest children had and I can’t thank my steward Lani enough for her pleasant attentiveness towards our cabin.

The cruise was so much fun, there is something for everyone. If you want to relax and do nothing, gay is ok too. We loved our cruise so much, we’ve booked another. This time we will bring our daughters.

Enjoyed the organization of everything & how nice everyone was who was helping.

Room was hot, air was never fixed. They brought a lil fan but didn't help much. Requested is to leave from room to New room day before cruise ends which didn't help. Had to go to other sister room to sit to be cool. Very inconvenient.

First Carnival Cruise Line trip. As good as others in almost all aspects

This was our first cruise with carnival.....we are long time royal cruisers, but they had no cruises that suited us. So we took a chance , and did it open our eyes.......carnival, is great.....the food was better, and we never got hassled for up selling.....ever...... the after hours snack food was way better.....and more choices....... we will still cruise RCL, but now we have another choice......and am glad we tried carnival.....they are a fantastic cruise line.....the staff was always polite and attentive.....