Fun but some improvements needed

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.4
Author: jason72354152

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

jason72354152

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

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8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 13, 2018

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3221

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Ship is nice. Couple of disappointing design things we were looking for not there. Need more hot tubs. There were no hot tubs in the main deck with big screen. Pools are small. Service is so slow that I can't believe they havn't addressed that. Buffet SUCKS!!! Other than those things the ship is nice and we had fun.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

pretty flawless

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

The buffet was disappointing. Due to the poor buffet quality, we dined most nights in the dining room. Food there was good and the other locations to grab food was generally good. The service for food and bar is extremely poor. When I say poor, I mean it!! Slow is a understatement and bartenders generally were not personable. They definitely need more bar staff.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

What we participated in was fun but more organized activities could be available with prizes.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

What we saw was well put on and fun

Children's Programs

no children on board

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

slow, slow, slow, slow and not personable

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

ship is clean from what we could tell. There was a bad odor in our hallway last 2 days which was level 3.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

I felt the cabin was very nice

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

fun at all ports but we did excursions at each and some were thru the boat and some not

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Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

very slow, but due to government shutdown

5 Comments

Crazycruiser962 6 years ago

We thought the Vista was fantastic and going again in March! The buffet is as good as any other cruise line that we have been on! We thought the service is fine relax your on a holiday! Staff is very friendly! Don’t agree with your review and I know it’s just your opinion but please post all the other cruises you have been on!

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DawnNYC 6 years ago

Wow I agree with your review. Very slow service and not personable. The staff seems extremely overworked. I was genuinely surprised!

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ElizabethD 6 years ago

Cool!

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albaneseca 6 years ago

Loved Vista - I think there are 6 hot tubs, just none near main pool. Plenty of places to eat besides lido buffet or MDR - steakhouse, Italian Cucina, asian, taste bar, seafood, Pig & Anchor, room service ..... -- Matt the CD is all over the ship with activities, plus shows & plenty of music venues.

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eternalsun 6 years ago

Really that bad? I cruised a lot with Carnival, reached Gold points going to Platinum and I am pretty happy with them to their standard, I think Carnival Vista received Best New Cruise Ship in 2016 and Best Value-for-the-Money Line in 2016. May be you should try Crystal Cruise too? That will be a better experience for you.

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