Just ok for me

Item: Carnival Venezia
Rating: 2.6
Author: claudiavarrone2

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

claudiavarrone2

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 20, 2023

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9509

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

It was ok. I don't know if I would so it again. It was our first cruise amd we were disappointed especially for that price. I feel like we could have done something better. We really did not have that much fun on the ship and the food was subpar and the time spent on each island was not enough. I feel like we could have gone somewhere else for that price and really spent time and enjoyed it.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Just ok

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It was big enough and it was clean.

Ship tip

It was real expensive but if you gamble you get free rooms and the food can use some improvements and be prepared to stand in long lines for EVERYTHING!!!! YES WERE HUNGRY EVERY DAY

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Ports of call

New York, New York

1 out of 5

It took them 1 hour and 20 min for them to get us on the ship. That's how long we stood in line after we gave them our luggage and after we went through the metal detectors.

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

1 out of 5

It was beautiful

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Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

It was beautiful

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

1 out of 5

Nothing to do. No beach. Only shops if you did not do an excursion. All the locals tries to charge us $70 for a 10 min cab ride amd they loed to us so we went back on the ship.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Love it

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

The elevators did not work our luggage was heavy amd we had to bring it to other areas of the ship because the elevators did not work

6 Comments

Sogmoore 11 months ago

Hope you find the vacation you are looking for. Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 11 months ago

It is what it is. Not everyone is into cruising and that’s ok. Thank you for your review.

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Lawnboy1956 11 months ago

The time you spent at each port was normal for most cruises. It sounds like land based resorts would be better for you.

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willwork4cruz 11 months ago

Sorry it didn’t work out for you. A couple things could easily be fixed though. You can check your luggage on and off the ship and it will be transported for you. If you’re hungry on a cruise ship then you are doing something wrong. All that food you see all over the place, you can eat that, as much as you want. Sure there can be lines but they are usually really quick. In 30 cruises, I’ve never been hungry.

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javawoody 11 months ago

Cruising is not for everyone. At least you give it a try.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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