Pros and cons

Item: Carnival Venezia
Rating: 3.8
Author: nanneteach

Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

nanneteach

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 05, 2024

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5219

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

We kept to ourselves and had a great time. The clientele was somewhat disappointing because some people are just rude, slovenly, and don’t watch their kids. An employee told me that prime occupancy is 4000 and there were 4953 passengers. That’s a 20% increase that caused lines EVERYWHERE and an increased burden on staff and passengers.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food and drinks were good. Wait times at the restaurants were ridiculous, both waiting for tables and food service.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Tiny pools.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Just not good…except the female country singer.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room steward was good. Wait staff tries, but there were just TOO many people on the ship. It was just so overbooked.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Pools were DISGUSTING. Common areas were average because people are pigs and the staff couldn’t keep up. Every cushion on this ship needs replacing. Cabin steward was great.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Room was perfect except we paid a lot of money for this upgrade and the lock on the sliders from the outside was broken which made it terribly inconvenient.

Ship tip

Stick with the people you’re traveling with.

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Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

9 Comments

bonefixer 12 days ago

Thanks for sharing! We loved the Venezia and had an amazing cruise!

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Sogmoore 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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ggeane 3 months ago

Good review

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javawoody 3 months ago

Appreciate the post

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HeavySeas 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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JimmyJames63 3 months ago

Carnival is known for that.

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cruising2004 3 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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Bruce51 3 months ago

Never go during peak summer season or on short cruises because you get lots of whole families (children) and or heavy partiers. Cruise early to late fall or after early January. Its always jammed in summer and short cheaper cruises equals trashier people in general

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Other reviews of this sailing

Highly disappointing

First & Last Cruise

Nice Cruise for the money