Great cruise ports

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.4
Author: Sm4245

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Sm4245

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 02, 2018

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7267

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I think carnival cruise lines are dedicated to party singles or adults not for young families based on my other cruises on other cruise lines.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Buffet needs a little more not the best choices

BlueIguana Cantina

3 out of 5

Good bar but catered toward alcohol buyers.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Activity on board okay but could be better

Beach Pool

4 out of 5

Most visited area on ship during the day not enough chairs

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Service was okay but bars tend to cater towards alcohol buyers rather than soda buyers.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Vista is more catered toward adult guest and not children also the ship has too many smoking sections.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Poor port make sure you enjoy a beach excursion

Thumbs Up 5

La Romana, Dominican Republic

2 out of 5

Do not visit the town of la Romana to many aggressive people trying to sell the same items, probably do an excursion

Thumbs Up 3

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Port and shopping okay.

Thumbs Up 0

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Port very safe and friendly recommend either beach or excursion.

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

8 Comments

Autobot 6 years ago

Try acosta, celebrity

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

briansimpson1 6 years ago

You can bring cokes on board with you????

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

tatum926 6 years ago

Been on a few different cruise lines with my son who is now 4. Hes been on RC, NCL and Carnival. He absolutely loved Carnival. The Dr seuss themed activities, water park, kids club. I feel Carnival is great for its price. Yes its a party all the time.. for everyone.. its a vacation.. if you want to relax and not have to deal with music and fun . Carnival is not for you..

Thumbs Up 1

Flag

Gheemaster38 6 years ago

Princess cruise line may suit you more. NCL & RCCL both are adult themed cruise lines. Carnival and Disney are more family oriented from what I have read. Disney being the leadwr of course.

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

michelleski12 6 years ago

Every cruise line charges for speciality restaurants. I dont think they cater to smokers or partiers more than any other cruise line. Cruise on Disney if you want lots of children's activities. If my kids were little i wouldn't choose to take them on a cruise. I would take them to other places like Disney.

Thumbs Up 4

Flag

DFromATX 6 years ago

Did you know you can bring your own soda onboard?

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Sm4245 6 years ago

Carnival Cruise line low prices but get you on board when you want to purchase items like alcohol or sodas, merchandise and visit certain restaurants you have to pay again to eat at the high end ones. Charge for movies, video games, etc . Do your research before booking Carnival. Low priced but charge for almost everything once on board. Good Cruising!

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Sm4245 6 years ago

Carnival Cruise Line line is a good priced cruise line but this cruise lines is seems dedicated to party families and smokers because their are numerous adult activities and very few children activities, seems to cater to smokers and people who purchased the alcohol packages. I had to wait for quite sometime at the bars just to get sodas when I purchased the soda package. Shows were okay. Food a Buffet was mediocre , choice of foods could be better. I truly wouldn’t cruise with carnival again.

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Other reviews of this sailing

This boat was awesome. Matt the cruise director awesome. I love cruising carnival I cant wait until my next vacation.

First Cruise Caribbean style

Southern Caribbean