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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Europe

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 71

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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Europe from Athens - Athens to Barcelona

Sail date: September 13, 2016

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 14203

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

"The Carnival Vista is the largest and best ship that Carnival has." I don't question that it is the Largest ship, but do question that it is the best. This new ship is far from elegant. Many of Carnivals' older ships are more attractive and appealing. Case in point is the Liquid Lounge, theater, the seating is terrible. In most areas, it is not theater, staged seating so viability is difficult. High back seats are intermixed with low back seats. Why? The dancers did their best, but I wasn't the best I've seen on other cruises. Food in the formal dining area has never been Carnivals' strong point, but I found less than your norm.

The good side, and there are many. Everyone on the ship was very friendly and did anything they could to make our cruise enjoyable. Our server, Frank, was extremely competent and made dinner enjoyable. Jamie, the Cruise Director, did a fabulous job, really high energy. Our Cabin Stuarts kept our cabin in fine order.

Would I recommend sailing on the Vista? The answer is yes, but don't expect everything you've had other cruises.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very good. Cabin Stuarts were vey good.

Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5

Piraeus is a port city. Travelers have to take the time and visit Athens and its historical sites.

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Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Capri (Isola Di Capri), Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Too much to see in too little time. We were glad that we had spend a few days in Rome on a previous trip.

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TUSCANY REGION, ITALY

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

This was where our cruise concluded. Barcelona is a beautiful city and we took an additional three days to tour it.

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7 Comments

WeCruiseToo 8 years ago

Thank you for the nice, honest review. Glad to hear the crew was good, we will be sailing aboard Carnival Vista in just a few weeks.

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shonz 8 years ago

Yeah we did the same, never too sure if the big companies actually pass on the tips. We got envelopes and gave out to the few who did give good service. The 2 who gave out the towels in the Serenity were amazing all money went back home. The waiter in the dining rooms tip was "be nicer to people" he wasn't amused lol. Hate bad service as have been in that industry and customers can be hard work but if you can't give good service then work somewhere else.

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bige2020 8 years ago

Wow well then i guess its just bad service. What really sucks is is that they make you tip anyway regardless of what the service was like. I did find a way to get out of that because I told the people at the service desk on the ship that we tip in cash and made them take off the tip from my card. I did tip in cash to the people who gave me great service

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shonz 8 years ago

The crew were like that when we were on and we were on 4 weeks after the initial launch. It was not a happy ship. A great pity cos the cabins etc were excellent.

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bige2020 8 years ago

See that scares me because my biggest complaint when I went on Carnival before was that the staff really suck they didn't do their job they weren't courteous and there were a lot of things that were left out of the cruising experience. However I was told later that the crew was getting off the boat to go on their break after being out for 3-6 months straight, and just needed the break

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shonz 8 years ago

We wouldn't go on VISTA again. Food was nothing special, best entertainment was Red Frog pub and End Carr the singer. Ship was too disjointed and crew too busy to be friendly.

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deestu68 8 years ago

The Valor and liberty are really nice ones. The breeze is really good too

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