Too Many Customer Service Mistakes & Lack of Concern

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5
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Carnival Venezia

4 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 19, 2023

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1291

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I've cruised with Carnival before and has happy with the service I received. This cruise, however, was the worst service I ever received from ANY of the multiple companies I've cruised with.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Ok, not too bad.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Long Lines, Lack of Selection, and Early Closures.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Some decent activities offered.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Entertainment was enjoyable.

Children's Programs

No Children

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Saturday: Noticed no electrical outlet by the bed for those of us that must sleep with medical devices. I was told to go to Guest Services. After waiting in a long line, I spoke with Angus. I informed him of my need for an extension cord and for an itinerary (which was not in my room). He assured me one would be sent to my room. He also directed me to go to the bar and request an itinerary. I went to the bar, waited in another line, only to be told by Jordan that the bar never has itineraries. On my way back to my room, I asked 3 employees where the room was located. All 3 gave me incorrect directions. By 11:35 p.m. (over 8 hours after my initial request with Angus, I STILL did not have an extension cord in my room. I called Guest Services for that extension cord at 11:36 p.m., but no one answered. Called again at 11:40 but no answer. I finally called Room Service at 11:41, and they finally sent someone over with it. Sunday: The elevators had an unacceptable wait time. I walked from the 1st floor to the 10th floor and got there quicker than those waiting for the elevator. In addition, there were 8 people in line waiting for the ice cream machine and none of them were able to figure out how to use it. Simple posted directions could have resolved this quickly. Furthermore, I still could not get service to access the Carnival APP, so had to wait in line (to make a reservation) every time I wanted to eat in the restaurant. When I went to Guest Services, I witnessed Angus (the same individual I spoke with the day before) become snippy with another customer. Monday: The second bathroom sink clearly indicated the direction for Cold Water. However, when I followed those directions, I scalded my mouth on Hot Water. Tuesday: I noticed the toilet had very weak pressure and requested someone to come and fix and unclog it. I waited until 4:30 a.m. and no one came to resolve the issue, forcing us to leave our room and use public restrooms.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Greater, Larger, and More Visible Direction Signage would greatly help customers navigate the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin Clean and well kept.

Ship tip

Based on my prior cruises with Carnival, the quality has diminished.

Ports of call

New York, New York Did not visit port

Left from NYC

Saint John, New Brunswick

1 out of 5
Very little to do and see.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and Easy
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6 Comments

Sogmoore    1 year ago

Pre planning goes a long way. Best of luck on your next cruise

engineerrick    1 year ago

Many of the review comments sound like a first time cruiser, at least with Carnival.

cruising2004    1 year ago

The fun times can be found at or near guest services and several bars as well as other locations throughout the ship. They’re usually placed in a plastic stand holder.

hollysmomtravel    1 year ago

For someone that cruised with Carnival previously, you should know there are never outlets by the bed. You should have brought your own extention cord.

jallaway    1 year ago

I'm just thinking, if that was the worst you've ever experienced - you've been pretty lucky. Why wouldn't you have just brought your own extension cord?

RetiredRay    1 year ago

Scalded mouth? Too bad he has insensitive hands also and could not detect that the glass had HOT water in it.

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