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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Vista

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 22, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The best part about this cruise is that someone besides myself makes the bed and fixes and serves my food!!  But other than that... the Fun Squad led by Mike the Cruise Director is awesome.  They are full of energy and make all guests feel personally welcome.  The formal dining room staff are just as friendly.  The shows were very entertaining, and more impressive that the same staff were involved in all 4 different shows.  That's a lot of choreography to learn!  

 

For my personal preferences...the bed in my ocean view cabin was too firm for me...although the bedding was perfect.  The selection of food on the breakfast buffet did not vary; and even if I was too choose the formal dining room for breakfast..there was little variance.  The selection of food choices the rest of the day was excellent with several choices of venues to choose from.  I thought the bbq place was out of this world, and wished it was open all days ..not just on the sea days.  

 

Getting on and off the ship was a very streamlined process..easiest I've encountered yet.  

 

For all the negative things I read about the Vista before going... I am glad I chose to ignore them and just went into the vacation with an open mind and excitement...it did not disappoint me.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The design of the ship gets a point off; due to the configuration of decks 3/4/5...you cannot walk straight through from aft to forward..have to go up and down. Which factors into your dining hour.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

La Romana, Dominican Republic

1 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

kat333    7 years ago

We were on the Vista last year and we loved it! Have a great time!

creolecookie    7 years ago

I agree I am a ton of fun so I was have a ton of fun on the fun ships

Themdgrp    7 years ago

We just returned from a cruise on the Magic. It was my second Carnival cruise. I was a little concerned having read some of the reviews. Just like the post above me here, your vacation is what you make it. We had a wonderful trip! Everyone was extremely nice and worked very hard to please. I was completely satisfied and have already booked to go on the Vista! Can't wait!!!

lisadavisrussell    7 years ago

I have 11 more days, and I'm so happy to read such a good review! Your vacation is what you make it!

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