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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 60

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Carnival Vista

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 04, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7337

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Our trip was wonderful! We enjoyed the Vista. It wasn’t as fancy as some of the other ships we have been on. I was disappointed in the dining room I always loved seeing the beautiful chandeliers and the rooms were very plain. Also missed the glass elevators it just adds something to the promanade. But we enjoyed our trip very much.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
No problems and Carnival was very good at moving people along. I traveled with my husband and he had special needs and they were very good to help him and make him comfortable.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was good and drinks were great. The only thing I would say is we felt like we are the same things all the time I would like to see more variety.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We enjoyed the activities very much. The fun squad on the Vista was awesome!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We enjoyed the shows. The 80’s show was wonderful. Schwartz the cruise director was great loved his energy and interaction with everyone.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Our waiters were wonderful. I didn’t feel that we even saw our room steward and our room wasn’t cleaned as well as it had been before on other cruises

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I thought the ship layout was not as good as other ships. The elevators were very slow and was hard to get on one with a person on a scooter. The lounges were not as big and seemed crowded. Shop was clean though and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The balcony was a lot smaller and so were the rooms. It was ok we don’t spend a lot of time in our room.

Ship tip

I would defiantly learn patience when it comes to getting on elevators. If you can walk the stairs please do so and let the handicap people get on elevators. They don’t have the option to take stairs.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Miami was nice we did see Beach this time and it wasn’t anything special.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Beautiful. It was very windy. It shopping was good and the tour we took was great.

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
Waters were so clear. We snorkeled with the Mushi Mushi and the crew was awesome and so was the snorkeling. Enjoyed it a lot!

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Wonderful! We did island tour and learned a lot about the island. Beautiful buildings and loved the bright colors!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We experienced no issues getting off the ship. Carnival was wonderful helping my husband and they took him off shop in wheelchairs
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6 Comments

cruisemia    6 years ago

Sorry crazyloser962. I certainly did not mention the staterooms I've reserved during my voyages. I don't like cruising with cranky senior citizens like yourself. It seems like the translation of my previous comment wasn't clear and that lead your misunderstanding. But it's fine as English is one of the 5 languages I speak.

Crazycruiser962    6 years ago

Certainly don’t mean to question what luxury you speak of cruisemia as everyone has their own opinions, I was expecting to see Crystal cruises and seabourn not msc, RC and Norwegian on your profile! Oh well! Interesting!

Crazycruiser962    6 years ago

Please post what other ships you have been on!

memoviajes16    6 years ago

The breeze is the best

cruisemia    7 years ago

Yes the Vista is very different from the luxury we are used to having on many other ships.

cruzincouple    7 years ago

Which ship would you say is your favorite?

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