We enjoyed the ports food and the service, but overall was not a great experience.

Carnival Victory Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Carnival Victory

4 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 11, 2019

Ship: Carnival Victory

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7388

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

It was nice to get away and enjoy warm weather, but the partiers were too much for us. We were awakened in the middle of the night every night by people in our hallway. We also did not appreciate smelling cigarettes while trying to enjoy our balcony. The food was good as well as the service. One more negative was when I "won" a Build a Bear experience while at one of the Cruise Director's presentations. I was given a ticket to go and make a build a bear on Sea Day. When I showed up at the location listed on my ticket, I was told that the event had happened on Tuesday, not Thursday and I must have been given an old ticket. After being sent from the location to customer service and from customer service up the the children's area - I was given a pre-made stuffed animal out of a duffel bag. I just didn't feel as though the mistake made by the Cruise Director was handled very well. I very much felt like I was given the run around. We won't be taking another Carnival Cruise.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
We were supposed to board between 12:30 and 1:00 and it was after 1:30 when we were allowed to board. Not enough communication was given as to why the delay. When the few announcements came on the loud speaker, it was very difficult to hear what they were saying. We really were not given an explanation as to what the delay in boarding was for.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food and drink as well as the service were excellent.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pools, walking track

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

no children traveling with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
We were not impressed that we often had to walk through the smoke filled casino to get to the end of the ship where we were headed. As non-smokers, we don't appreciate having to walk through the casino.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We liked our cabin and were pleased with it. We paid extra for a balcony and we were very disappointed that people on a balcony either next to us or below us started smoking on their balcony. This happened on two occasions. We didn't pay to have a private balcony only to be chased inside because someone was smoking.

Ship tip

Be prepared for a very noisy hallway during the middle of the night. Alcohol consumption is heavily encouraged on Carnival and as a result, people who have over-consumed talk very loudly in the hallways at all hours of the night.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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4 Comments

GrammaMarietta    5 years ago

I'd definitely complain about the smoking balcony cruisers. Carnival clearly states NO SMOKING on balconies

amyl876    5 years ago

Sorry to hear about the issue with smoking when on your balcony. This ship was my first cruise it was awesome. Going on my second cruise next month. Hope your next cruise is more smoother.

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

don't see any difference with RC far as drinking goes .

onlysail    5 years ago

Yet more drunk americans

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