Horrible, Un-expected, Unorganized

Carnival Victory Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

1.8 out of 5
Carnival Victory

3 Night Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 07, 2018

Ship: Carnival Victory

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6285

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

It was not what has been expected! Others said that they have been on cruises and this was the worst! The service, food, excursion and staff was not standard of what it should have been! Read above comments for more details!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
NOTHING TO EAT! We ate at the dinning room once, thought food was available 24/7. The quality was nasty, all fruit was over ripe/ moldy. Milk tasted expired, it was 2 days to expiration date. Buffet didn't have much of a selection of items. There wasn't any seafood! Couldn't drink the water, it tasted like fish poo!! It wasn't drinkable!!!!!!!

Atlantic Dining Room

3 out of 5

It was nice and fancy, just not for people that were on the ship

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
There was movies and that was it! Pools were all full! Couldn't get in them!! NOTHING ELSE YOU COULD DO!

Photo Shop

2 out of 5

Prices were way too high, they lied to my mom and said that they "reuse" the photo paper after they have already printed pictures on it. I think it should be included with your cruise! $29 per picture is way too much!!!

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Movies- Skycraper, Winnie the Pooh

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
They didn't offer to help at any point until the last day! They included tips for service we did not get!!! Staff did not do anything to make up for the problems! Did not have a meet the captain dinner.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Ship was rusty, the entire ship smelled of stale cigarette smoke, no trash cans so people just had to throw their trash in the floors! There was only map by the elevators and they did not help! Main central elevators broke the last 2 days!

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Bathroom smelled like a urinal or old outhouse, it was clean. It was very small and wasn't easy for 5 people. Should NOT have been able to book for 5! There were not any TV channels, at least provide entertainment if you aren't going to provide TV!

Ship tip

DO NOT SAIL WITH THEM, bring your own airfreshener and water!!

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
It was clean, just boarded the ship.

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Port securtity was great! Key card was lost and they did great getting us back on the ship after a horrible excursion day! The drivers of the excursion left us at a destination for 1 hr+ over the pick-up time! The guide was UN-organized she got about 10 of us lost when we got to the visitors center and we had no idea where to go! The drivers of the bus were very crazy!! The one driver honked at a funeral, turned directly in front of people into ongoing traffic 2+ times. We almost hit a guy on a bike and a lady walking on the sidewalk!

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We left before our room was called, we couldn't hear annocuments they made, they still let us off!
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11 Comments

missnotanlines    6 years ago

Next time stay home and eat at McDonald's

mermaidjujux3    6 years ago

that sucks you felt like it was a waste and thats your opinion i will argue the fact that room service is available 24/7, buffet times are usually breakfast, lunch, dinner AND a late night snack buffet as well... pizza is available 24/7 as well ... activities vary but i do remember on the victory we had a bunch of trivia, games, shows, maybe you werent aware of them BUT they are plenty of thjngs to do besides the pool on a cruise ... and 5 to a room? i mean .. come on .. they give you room specs in the descriptions you shouldve used your better judgement on that

crusinfun5    6 years ago

No past cruises listed so going to call a little BS here. I am a family of 5 we've stayed in interior and balcony room. Never a problem! There are garbage cans all over ships! Oh same with food!! Activities are also everywhere.

J60406    6 years ago

As a consumer and an adult, you made the choice to book 5 in a room so it is not the cruseline's fault. All your other omplaints are reflective of your attitude in general. Clearly cruising is not for you.

ChuckandNae    6 years ago

This has to be a fake ... we were on this ship in September and it was wonderful from start to finish! 🤷🏻‍♀️

cbyron3    6 years ago

Of course they let you get off as soon as you wanted, they couldn't wait for you to leave! "NOTHING TO EAT!".. true, starvation is the number two killer of cruise guests, right after tripping over the garbage thrown on the floor and falling overboard.

yankandbrit    6 years ago

I always like how people complain about the bathroom smelling of urine, etc. People have no idea what it takes to get rid of human waste on a sailing vessel. Ships at sea have a certain " ambiance" that is always detectable. Just simple logistics.

JustCruz    6 years ago

El Toro popo

funboomer47    6 years ago

Another troll.

dbsu58    6 years ago

I call BS nothing is that bad

DerekMire    6 years ago

Omg stop cruising then and quit complaining.

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