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Carnival Victory Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Carnival Victory

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 21, 2018

Ship: Carnival Victory

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1353

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I had a ball on my first cruise! There are things that i learned as far as what to do differently on my next cruise but It did not deter me from cruising...cant wait until the next one!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
The ship was delayed so once we arrived in Miami, we were rerouted to a shopping area to hang out. when we were supposed to meet back up to get on the bus to the ship, they only had one bus at a time. with the large numbers this made the process endless! Then one of the buses was hit and the people had to get off and wait again...Needless to say being on board by 3pm turned into almost 7...Not the best start of my first cruise

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The food was ok. The negative was not enough selections for late night dining. I was expecting great food day and night from what others have told me about cruising. Maybe I was expecting too much.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
I really enjoyed the movies at night, the bingo, karaoke, and the comedy shows. I have to say the pools were a disappointment. I was expecting bigger and deeper. They were very small so no way to compete with the kids.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
I enjoyed the club. One night had great music then the next night is was horrible....l like almost anything with music so I thought the DJ could have been more versatile

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward was wonderful!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
It took half the trip trying to navigate the layout...I think we could have had better maps/directions

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room was great...no complaints

Ship tip

Make sure that if you didnt book excursions ahead of time then they need to get off the ship as soon as it docks in order to get one before they fill up.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Wonderful! Loved the Margaritaville and beach chairs to lounge by the ocean. Great food, drinks, and ocean :-)

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
Nothing too much to do if you didnt book an excursion

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
No complaints
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2 Comments

Emo507    6 years ago

Bon voyage

randyman    6 years ago

Good for you

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