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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Carnival Vista

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 11, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7429

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The Evening Dining experience was our favorite part of the cruise and our Balcony.

Areas requiring improvement....The Excursion to the all inclusive private beach break was horrible.  The food was awful!!!   There was no selection....all dark meat chicken, pork was all fat, rice & beans were a joke, facility was not very nice.  This was #1 TOP PICK????????? 

The bar areas on the ship were all very inadequately staffed.  It took forever to get service.

The Bingo area was too small for the amount of people on board.  They scheduled Bingo during our evening meal.

Not enough time was allotted for excursions. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Our excursion to Grand Turks was unacceptable!!!! In fact.....we only had one good excursion out of three!!!!!

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

La Romana, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
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2 Comments

Jeanette493    7 years ago

I was on the Vista February 19 - 25. As big and new as this vessel is, I agree with you. There were so many disappointments. My niece and I had connecting rooms. All well and good. But! Our balconies did not connect! Major architect boo boo. What's with the "speed bumps" all over the floor? Pool so tiny, hot tub ferocious yet barely warm, 3 times not enough silverware on our table. Had to ask twice for lemonade. I ordered steak, medium rare, it was well done and although tasty, not warm. Baked potato was so hard and cold butter would not melt. And I really do not like the decorating style. Plain and simple. I will not sail Vista again. I love Elation, Fantasy and the Dream. No complaints with these ladies of the sea!

ItaVero    7 years ago

Thanks for posting (we've always loved Aruba).

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