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Carnival Venezia Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Carnival Venezia

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 02, 2023

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 2340

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Beautiful ship, great crew, a few awful guests tend to ruin things though.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
A little disorganized, be sure to have patience

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
I surprised how decent the food was after reading so many negative reviews. We had anytime dining and the waitstaff was always great. Buffet was not my first choice but it was kept very clean. I do like that that had so many other free options on sea days like the pasta bar, IL Strada for healthy salads and good sandwiches, and Chinese food at the seafood shack. Only specialty restaurant we did was Bonsai Sushi which never disappoints

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Our group consisted of adults, teenagers and young adults (20-25) and they always found something fun to do!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Stage shows were pretty good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Every staff member we encountered was polite and courteous which is amazing they had to deal with some extremely rude people.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Besides the Lido deck which the crew had a hard time keeping up to no fault of their own, ship was maintained pretty well. The design of the ship is pretty “choppy” which we were aware of and was not our favorite layout.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
There were 3 adults in this cabin and there definitely wasn’t enough storage for all of us but we made it work. Our room steward was great and can’t go wrong with a cove balcony

Ship tip

Beautiful ship with a completely new layout, get to know the ship. Do as much as you can, MarQ does a great job trying to keep everyone entertained! Avoid being near guests that are pretty obvious in showing they are just there to complain, yell, and have no respect for crew members and others guests. This was only their 9th sailing

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
After hanging out at Margaritaville for a little while, we made our way to Jack Shack where we had delicious jerk chicken and the water was gorgeous. They did add a lot of vendors renting out chairs between the port and walk to Jack Shack.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Pool area was a lot of fun and the food was pretty good

New York, New York

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Extremely disorganized once we got off the ship. No idea how this can be fixed but pack your patience on your way out!
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