Enjoyable Caribbean cruise. Venezia is a beautiful ship

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Carnival Venezia

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 23, 2024

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9509

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Overall we enjoyed our cruise on the Carnival Venezia. The ship is beautiful and the staff and crew were wonderful.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
We were disappointed in the quality of food in the main dining room. Meat was often tough and dry and food was tasteless. there was not a lot of variety in the buffet, especially late at night..

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We enjoy trivia. It was often difficult to understand the moderator due to their accent. It would be helpful if the questions were on the big screen. We were working in teams and some of the moderators did not give us time to discuss the answers. Edwinna did a great job as moderator. We enjoyed the digital trivia on the lido deck.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We were impressed with the talent of the performers. We especially enjoyed Color My World and the Rock Show. the String Trio was amazing.

Children's Programs

We didn't have children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff and crew were wonderful especially our stateroom attendant Victor and Edwinna for the activities.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was very clean and well -maintained. we liked the covered pool area, especially in January.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cabin was clean and comfortable. Our cabin steward was wonderful.

Ship tip

Sign up for anytime dining. The digital reservation system was great.

Ports of call

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

2 out of 5
We did not enjoy tendering to the island. The food on the island was limited and there were long lines. Next time we would stay on the ship at this port.

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5
We took the tram ride around the island. It was informative but the sound system was very poor quality and at times impossible to hear.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
We carried our own luggage off. We waited awhile for our muster station to be called and then realized that other people weren't waiting. We realized we could have left an hour earlier. People taking their own luggage should be alllowed to leave on their own time, or be given a time rather than waiting in their room for their muster station to be called when it's not announced in the room.
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4 Comments

CruiseQueenNH     9 months ago

Agree with the disembarkation. I was on your sailing on Deck 2, also doing self-assist. We didn't hear any announcements, so we went upstairs to jump in line only to find ourselves back in front of our cabin moments later in the same line.

javawoody     9 months ago

Thanks for the review

cruising2004     9 months ago

Sorry the food was not up to par, glad you enjoyed otherwise. Thank you for your review.

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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