Great trip/some issues

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Verified Review
Carnival Vista

Europe from Athens - Athens to Barcelona

Sail date: June 21, 2016

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin number: 1258

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was great.  We had amazing waiters and ship crew.  The places we visited were amazing.  I wouldn't book through ever again.  You are never able to reach the original agent you booked with, then you wait on hold forever, only to be put back on hold for them to call Carnival.  I thought the price of the excursion to Pompeii was ridiculously overpriced.  And there is too much chaos after disembarking.  Nowhere near enough room, or taxi's.  We even hired a private driver and we weren't able to find each other for over an hour.  

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
We had an 8:15 dining time. It seemed we missed a lot if activities because of this. Some things planned were before or during dinner and were over by the time we finished dinner.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

1 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Definitely needed more time here

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
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9 Comments

bienfang10    7 years ago

Wow. I think its settled. Only use and grow a relationship with a C C L planer. We have had ours Mark Pickering for 3 years. Its great.

coreyhodnett1973    7 years ago

Arttis is my CCL. He is the best by far.

WeCruiseToo    8 years ago

Thanks for the review!  We will be cruising Carnival Vista later this year!

Oceangift    8 years ago

I use cruise only and always have the same person.

kevinls7    8 years ago

Zach my CCL PLANNER is so on point and thorough

traceyr    8 years ago

My CCL Planner Demi is the best.. She is always able to be reach via phone, cell or email.. She is more like a ftiend after booking last 3 cruises.

eboni325    8 years ago

I have a ccl planner and she's always on point, always available, retutns your calls, and works hard to get you what you want.

bienfang10    8 years ago

Next time use a CCL planner. End of story.

engineerrick    8 years ago

Sounds like you had a problem with your travel agent. You can't fault Carnival for a bad travel agent.

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