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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Reviews: 2
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Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Vista

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7450

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Great ship, lots to do, loved the layout, sorry couldn’t find anything to complain about. My wife smokes and they had 3 or 4 outside smoking areas. If you like beer, they have a brewery on board along with beer taps so you can pour your own beer on the ship.lots of areas to sit. Good mix of young and old

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We had no issues, a little bit of a wait but overall it was great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The main dining room was great, we did the steak house 1 night and it was amazing, leave yourself 2 hours for dinner, we did the buffet a couple of mornings for breakfast but went back to the dining room, we just felt the dining room breakfast was better

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

5 out of 5

The restaurant was fabulous, we usually do 1 night every cruise and this did not disappoint Food and staff were amazing

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We did the sky cycle, it was an hour wait but we’ll worth it, IMAX was wonderful as well

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We went to as many shows as we could, Matt was the cruise director and he was wonderful, we did all the 18+ comedians, they were funny, and did as many of the variety shows as we could, this is one area I feel Carinval has gotten better, very much improved

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We had no issues with the service we received, it was all excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
For having 4000+ people on board the ship was very clean Because of the size of ship it had two promenade levels, 4 and 5 Took a little getting used to but was great

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had the wrap around balcony in the Havana rooms Loved the layout of the room, there was no couch but instead a small table and 2 chairs, which gave more room to move It was great

Ship tip

Stop whining, the ship was great, it is only our 5th cruise but was the best, we have done the dream, liberty, and victory, along with 1 celebrity, and this was the best We did purchase the drink package but wouldn’t do it again, with 4 stops off the ship we lost money on that deal,live and learn Great ship and great ports

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
The beach was good, the got hit pretty hard by the hurricane It was a short stop so just a beach day

La Romana, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
Our least favourite stop, we rented a cab for the 4 of us and did a tour of the island, it was ok, seen some interesting things, our driver was great

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
What a great place, did a wonderful tour of the city then spent the night down by the water, it was all lit up for Christmas and looked wonderful, clean and vibrant

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
We did another tour of the island, visited many sites and learnt the history of the island What a beautiful place We spent the rest of the day on the beach No private beaches on the island so you could go wherever you wanted, clean, gorgeous sand and warm water Was a great day

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and easy, we did self disembarkment with our luggage and it look no time at all
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TCasey    6 years ago

Leaving on the Vista Jan 7th

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