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Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 5
Author: Wadeeah56

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Wadeeah56

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 06, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1351

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

My favorite part of the cruise was all the energy and fun Matt the cruise director shared with us;he and his sidekicks are awesome. Also every staff member I/we encountered was very polite friendly and helpful. The food was plentiful and very good,we really enjoyed our experience at the steakhouse too.We we're very pleased with the whole cruise experience on the Carnival VISTA the staff and the other guest made this cruise one of our best cruises yet. The ports we visited were all beautiful and fun as well although I fell in love with Curancao and it's now one of my favorite places Grand Turk is still my number one. If you haven't yet go on a Carnival Cruise and if you are already a cruiser definitely check out the Carnival VISTA 💞

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin was great we were very comfortable and having a second bathroom was the best saved us ladies a lot of time. Our cabin steward Javone was one of the best, from day one he actually remembered my name and pronounced it properly Brevinna/Bre-veen-na we were all delighted to hear him greet us by name. He did a very good job in keeping our room tidy we were very pleased and happy that we had Javone to work with us.

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Grand Turk my all time favorite place. Definitely go to the pool party at Margaritaville always a good time. The beach is awesome as well

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La Romana, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5

Now one of my favorite places;I will definitely be going back there via cruise and flying to stay for a week or so. My tip is to go on the tour with IRIE Tours excellent tour for only $25 per person. They serve rum punch beer soda and water on the bus (all exclusive) they give you a wonderful tour of the island,making a few stops so you can get off the bus to take beautiful pictures. They also stop by the liquor still so you can see how liquor is made and you can have taste samples as well as buy. Then they take you to Mumba Beach which is very nice,there is also a private pool area there that is absolutely lovely ($20 per person extra charge) but well worth it ,also there is a shopping area with restaurants. Great Day In Curaçao

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10 Comments

captainpaul2 7 years ago

sounds like fun, 11 more days

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charaxid 7 years ago

which nights were formal/elegant on the 8-Day Southern Caribbean (Vista)?

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dondada3760 7 years ago

Dr. E on the magic is fantastic he's just like Matt

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littlemamabear 7 years ago

What did you do in Cura§ao??

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avanst 7 years ago

I would say Donkey is a great CD too...similar to Matt..

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MaryAnn2 7 years ago

Matt is AWESOME!!! My mom and I first cruised with him on the Breeze 2 yrs ago and since then NO CD other then Mike Peck even compares to Matt!! We are cruising with Matt again in Sept, his last week before he's off for his Vacation!! Can't wait!!!

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charaxid 7 years ago

which nights were formal?

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avanst 7 years ago

they did...I want to say it was night 4 of our 6 day.

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demjones 7 years ago

Hi Wadeeah56...question I'm going on the Vista next month. Can you tell me if they had the Electric white party in the Atrium? If so what night was it? thanks Roni

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avanst 7 years ago

Matt, staff, vista= fantastic!

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