Not a good ship for a NYC Embarkation

Item: Carnival Venezia
Rating: 3.8
Author: drhuber

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

drhuber

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 02, 2023

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7475

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was our 5th Carnival cruse. It will be our last. It was only the 9th voyage of the ship and they made a point of telling us to leave a review survey. We never got one, I emailed Carnival twice--nothing. MANY people on the cruise said they won't do Carnival again based on this experience.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

1 hour behind.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Breakfast buffet was always cold or lukewarm at best. Only the omlet station gave hot food. even oatmeal was lukewarm. Specialty restaurants were good but of course you have to pay for it. Main diningroom was good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

The shows were ok. I was turned off by the wokeness of the "Love" show. In general the actors and dancers were ok but I felt like I was watching a "B" production of the shows. The costumes were ok. The designer thought everyone should wear boots and coats for every production. Comedy shows were ok.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The design is ridculous. Two small pools. Two Hot tubs in the adult area only every adult clamoring to get there because the space was small. If it's slightly windy the attendants won't put up the umbrellas so you are cooking in the sun. Elevators have 18 people limit-- I don't know what size people they are talking about. I don't even think you can fit 18 children and definately not 18 cruise people. The air conditioning was minimal in the cabins. It never was really cool mid-day in the room or the hallways.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

If long lines and crowds don't bother you then this is your ship.

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Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Everything was in order but the port had problems with disembarkation so everyone had to wait 1 hour to get off.

8 Comments

galaxy2272 1 year ago

Geez, so you didn't get a survey.

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Sogmoore 1 year ago

You are not set for cruising. Land base vacancies sound more suited for you.thanks for sharing

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BudIvy 1 year ago

We are going oct 28 and all I've heard us how awful the ship is not anything good. This is so sad.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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maryanitap 1 year ago

We have cruised out of NY 2 years ago and we had a group 1/2 needed assistance and others were gonna go thur line … out of 12 .. my husband and I went thur line and on ship in less then 20 minutes …. The rest took over 3 hours to get them on ….. hopefully it will be better in March

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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cortneyb 1 year ago

surveys are done by a 3rd party and not the cruise lines. disembarking hold ups are usually caused by customs... not the lines fault.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Not sure what the problem with a survey was.

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