Decent food, good service, not enough activities
Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
6 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: May 14, 2017
Ship: Carnival Vista
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: 2459
Traveled as: Family (young children)
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
the Lido restaurant has a variety of good food and desert only during lunch with limited selections for dinner. The water park was great but there was no pool reserved for kids. Both pools were filled with all adults with drinks in their hands that kids have no place to play. It didn't seem like a place for kids to be around. Harbor family lounge and the play room on the top deck next to the miniature golf were messy and dirty without supervision during night. Video games in Harbor family lounge were down and out of services almost every night. One of the TV room
should be converted to a kid game room. Soft serve yogurt tastes bland and icy. Ice scream at Sweet spot doesn't have enough ice team makers for the whole ship. Bed sheets, comforters, and pillow cases were so scratchy with lot of cotton peels that made my kids feel so itchy. The crew however were really good with room cleaning but should dust the tables better. There were lots of dirt bunnies flying around. I wished there were more activities for kids for this big of the ship. The menu at Horizon Restaurant was almost the same every night. Breakfast was the same every morning. Drink selections were very limited. Sodas were always flat and were served from the opened can. With the price that we paid for the sodas, they should serve with a whole can. Mixed drinks were so disgustingly sweet. Floors were slippery even when it was not raining.
There were a few shows such as lip sing competition,Dr Seuss were good. Averall it was good but things mentioned above should be improved
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Ship tip
Lido restaurant is a best place for breakfast and lunch. Service at Horizon restaurant is too slow and menu has limi Book a Cabin at Harbor family if you have young kids. It's bigger have 2 bathrooms. Don't take young kids to the pools. It's not a friendly place for the young kids to hang out.