Great Ship. Great Staff. Great Food.

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 20
Helpful Votes: 163

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Venezia

8 Night The Bahamas (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2023

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6411

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

CCL Venezia was Great! It brought me back to great memories of the yesteryears of cruising. Great high quality food and staff members.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great departing form NYC. No issues being Platinum no lines for us. Love the Perk of CCL Platinum Status.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Fantastic! The workers and food was fantastic. They served Short Ribs almost every evening, Also the Prime Ribs, Filet Mignon, Beef Wellington, and one night CCL offered Lobster Tails at no additional cost. The food quality brings good memories of the cruise foods back in the days of the 80's and 90's. Wow! Didn't need to go to any of the specialty restaurants. Also great selections and good quality on the Lido Deck too

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Mark Q the cruise director was great. He was always available and if you walked up to him he gave you his full attention. One example was when I talked to him for a few seconds, then a situation came up which he had to take care of, he said "hang on a minute, I just gave him a thumps up and I then started to walk to the gangway, a few seconds later, he actually came over to my family and I, and said "I'm sorry about that, I would like to continue hear more" WOW!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Being platinum was quick and easy.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff members were great,

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was clean and the best way to get from the front to the after is going to deck 5 and or 10.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Well designed and clean.

Ports of call

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
Not the cruise line fault. Lots of rain only walked around for a few hrs. Been there before and is very nice on sunny days.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Due to bad weather the tenders could not be deployed. The CCL Captain made the right call. Great decision for safety reasons and the Cruise Director took care of the rest. The Cruise Director had a backup plan with extra activities and I feel everybody was in good hands. We have been at Half Moon Cay many times in the past and would of had a great time there, not CCL fault.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We're we're back to back so easy to get back on for us.
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8 Comments

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Sogmoore     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

badlcho     11 months ago

We absolutely loved and enjoyed sailing on the Venezia in July. We had no issues. Stunning beautiful ship.

mary0909     11 months ago

So glad to see a good review. There have been some not so nice ones lately. Has me worried. Thanks for the review

cruising2004     11 months ago

Glad you had an awesome cruise! Thank you for your review.

javawoody     11 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

Niavlys     11 months ago

Tks for sharing

gcg396     11 months ago

Meant to add the captains photo too. Don't know why the Cruise Director was posted twice?🤔

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