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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
6 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 19, 2017
Ship: Carnival Vista
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 6409
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
I read previous reviews about rude staff and I NEVER encountered this! They were all courteous, friendly, respectful and helpful, even though they seemed to be overworked.
I could always find something to do on the ship on sailing days, as there is plenty going on. Musical entertainment was superb with many styles to choose from. If you want to just relax without kids running around, the Serenity deck gets crowded early. The bars located in popular areas (i.e. pool areas) were very busy and could have used more staff. The bartenders were great, tho, and worked extremely hard! Matt is a FANTASTIC Cruise Director - a LOT of fun and laughs, and people seemed to flock to his activities.
Food was plentiful and superb! I believe my only complaint is that the seated dining service always took too long. There was so much entertainment to attend in the evenings that you would miss out if you were delayed because of dinner. That being said, we only did seated dining twice. I would have liked the buffet to open earlier since I didn't care to go to seated dining. The other food options - Guy's Burgers and Barbecue, Iguana Tacos/Burritos, JiJi Asian Kitchen - were also VERY good, but with limited hours. We did not do any meals that incurred extra cost. The only other cruise I've been on was NCL, and they had what they called "Free Style" dining. I prefer NCL's meal arrangement.
One other thought about seated dining, there are 2 evenings of "Elegant" dining, which require you to dress up. In my opinion, I am on VACATION, and I am not bringing fancy dress clothes. I go someplace warm to wear shorts and flip-flops!
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Be prepared to wait during seated dining.