Never Again!

Item: Carnival Venezia
Rating: 3.3
Author: dave7927

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review

dave7927

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

4 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 10, 2023

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12220

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Avoid as the disembarkation is horrible and the people on the ship are ignorant! Teens pushing and shoving, line cutters. A long-time Carnival cruiser no more

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Slow and crowded but more of an issue with the NY port building rather than Carnival.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Decent/typical Carnival fare. Sushi is really good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

A lot of games and trivia yo keep you busy.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Music and Magic were great, as was the Epic Rock show! Comedians were very funny

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Dinner service was very fast. Much improved over July cruise

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Beautiful ship. Small pool area compared to other ships. No thermal suite

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Avoid as the disembarkation is horrible and the people on the ship are ignorant! Teens pushing and shoving, line cutters. A long-time Carnival cruiser no more

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

It is 10:30 and still on the ship! This is the second time disembarking g the Venezia is a complete disaster! Carnival needs to get their act together. Also, the passengers need to follow instructions

10 Comments

Sogmoore 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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dave7927 1 year ago

Retired Ray, had same exact issues on same ship out of NYC one week earlier and it was an 8 day cruise.

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dave7927 1 year ago

Holly, once off the ship you are then under the the "control" of non-Carnival employees. But while on the ship, carnival is 100% in control of allowing people to disembark before they are supposed to. Carnival can also control the environment on their ships by stop giving away so many free cruises.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Need2CruiseSoon 1 year ago

IMO disembarking is the #1 thing Carnival isn’t good at. Embarkation and Debarkation are the most stressful things on a cruise. Every Carnival ship I’ve been on debarking is chaos. Doesn’t stop me from cruising though.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your experience.

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javawoody 1 year ago

I agree with retired ray

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sopha 1 year ago

I've heard that a lot from this NY embarkation. Plus, the time of year you will have this problem more. I'll take Port Canaveral any day.

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RetiredRay 1 year ago

Unfortunately, those 3 and 4 dayers tend to get a bit less than friendly passengers. My philosophy is (barring unforeseens) is to wait in the buffet until the last minute to avoid the ruder passengers. Works if the port is ok.

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hollysmomtravel 1 year ago

Embarking and debarking are on the port and staff there, which are not Carnival employees. Also if people would learn to be respectful of others again, that would help a ton. However, Carnival cannot control that either

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