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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

kdfandkef

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

6 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 29, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9308

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Staff was marvelous, despite Carnival not having adequate staff to handle the amount of vacationers. The ship itself was less than impressive. Cruise Director Schwartz was great. Ernesto was wonderful and attentive.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Horrible. The lines were at least 2 blocks long. Having an assigned time was useless

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Comedians were pretty good. DJ's were wonderful. The singers for the shows appeared to be tone deaf, the singing was horrible and the show did not make any sense.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was marvelous, despite Carnival packing all those people on the ship, but did not appear to have adequate staff.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Design was less than impressive. Why decrease closets to only one? Ship did not have enough elevators to accommodate 4,500 people. Too many small venues. Cleanliness was really good

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

I am only giving this excellent because of Ernesto he was marvelous. The cabin was less than impressive.