Great cruise with family and friends

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 4.8
Author: Amck2018

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Amck2018

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 16, 2017

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2489

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Other than the baggage claim area and the limited selection of food on Carnival and all pork breakfast food, the overall cruise was awesome.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

It was great.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Only gave it 4 stars because I didnt like that the variety was limited and they only serve pork breakfast meat in the family harbour and buffet.

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

4 out of 5

This restaurant was very good. Price was less than expected. Don't like that they waiste a lot of food for the plate presentations. Otherwise good food.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The sky bikes are awesome.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We did a show and the punchlinner comedy club.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

My daughter love, love, loved club ocean.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Susanta and Michael we great statesroom help.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The boat coyld use more staff to do the trash pick up and bathroom cleaning around the ship. Other than that, the ship is awesome.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We stay in the family harbour and it was great to not have to go to the main dining for breakfast. And habe snacks and drinks at night right down the hall.

Ship tip

If you have an early flight from Miami, DO NOT set your bags out the night before if you can help it. When collecting your bags at baggage claim it takes for ever. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get our bags.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Nothing to special, just glad to be there.

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Loved the beach and Margaritaville.

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La Romana, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Great Tour there. Just don't go downtown.

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Get you lock to put on the lock of love heart there after you cross the bridge.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

The shopping and eateries are great there. Try to go ti the beach. I heard they were great. Didn't get to go.

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Took to long to get our luggage at baggage claim.

7 Comments

Amck2018 6 years ago

Yes, That's why we went there the one time and was rushed and didnt recieve all of our order.

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vegascruiser 6 years ago

Dining room for breakfast..has turkey bacon

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Amck2018 6 years ago

No problem. Anytime.

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bebra 6 years ago

This is great feedback! Thanks for sharing your experience so candidly!

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Amck2018 6 years ago

Maybe it was just me, but I felt like some of the stuff they served was just not appealing and the breakfast was the same thing everyday. All the breakfast meat in the family harbour and the buffet was pork. The day we went to the dinning room to see what else they had different , we felt rushed out and we didn't get all the food we ordered. They had more waisted food on the plate for presentation than we ate and it made the table cluttered because of all the plates and glasses. It was only 4 of us at a large round table. I pretty much paid to eat different food on the ship. Where as, one of the highlights of cruising is all you can eat included. IDK, maybe its just me. But so far I only experienced this on this cruise line. Im still trying other cruise lines. So far I feel this way about Carnival.

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bebra 6 years ago

How was there a limit food?

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urhyness 6 years ago

I think the breakfast part is all cruises. Norwegian was the same way...

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