MellieBrad Cruise Review on Carnival Vista on Sep 02, 2018

Carnival Vista Cruise Review

MellieBrad

Contributor Level: Purser

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Sail date: September 02, 2018

Ship: Carnival Vista

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Ok... first time cruise... Carnival Vista... Negatives: main negative was that we could not find our way around the ship. The only directions were by the elevators and that was a "You are here" map. We saw that many other people, even seasoned cruisers, felt this way too. Since this was our first cruise did not understand the seating. We did not like how close our table was to other guests. Even though we were at a two top, you are essentially eating with the people next to you. You can't have a private conversation and you might as well be at the same table. We tried to explain that we wanted to eat alone at a private two top but they did not seem to understand. There were plenty of private two top tables which we had the first two nights. Staff was amazing, but if you voiced concerns about something, they seems to get very offended in the dining room. If you want the GREATEST Cruiser Director ever.... find the cruise with Chris, The Flying Scotsman, Williams. He made every event spectacular! His energy was contagious and really got people involved. He was sooooooooooo FUN AND TALENTED!! The buffet was nasty, except for the desserts... those were sooooo yummy. We ate breakfast in the dining room, and I it was GREAT! Awesome selection and very tasty. Lunch we had Guy's burgers and they were FANTASTIC! We also had the pizza a few times and that was FANTASTIC also. Wanted to try the Seafood Shack but a $12.00 Lobster roll was too expensive 😳. We ate in the main dining room for dinner and it was excellent. Our last night we splurged and ate at the Steakhouse and it was fabulous!!!! Loved the balcony room. Spent late nights out there feeling the ocean breeze and listening to the waves. Super relaxing as our end of the day wind down. Jamaica we did the river tubing and beach day. The tubing was sooooooooooo fun. Our guide Andre was the best. Would do that again. We used shore excursions to book it. The beach part was so-so but it didn't matter because the tubing was so great. Grand Cayman we did an "on our own" beach day at the Royal Palms. It was fun but the weather was crappy and we did not realize that it is SUPER EXPENSIVE there. Our poor Am dollar is nothing compared to the British pound ☹️. It was fun a day all in all. Cozumel was our favorite stop. We did the snorkeling at Columbia reef and El Cielo then we went to a sand bar and had cocktails in the water. That was AMAZING! After that we went to a water park resort. All of that and transportation back to the ship was included. It was soooooooooooo cool. Will do that excursion again!!! We booked that through Playa Mia/ Shore Fox excursions. The entertainment on the ship was great! Did not expect Bingo to be so expensive lol lol The Cheers package was 100% worth it!!!! So glad we did that! Loved the DJ Fave drink in the Liquid Lounge 🍹🍹🍹 After our time on the Vista, we are definitely going to cruise again!!! Not sure if we will try a different cruise line or stay with Carnival. Hope this was helpful 👍🏻😁😁😁

7 Comments

Cherriceaz 6 years ago

Thank, yes very helpful!

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aharbison66 6 years ago

I look at the deck plans before I leave and write down the decks that the places are on. I list the places in order of where they are, like front, middle and then back of ship. I believe the Hub app can also help you.

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angelface111956 6 years ago

I am boarding September 16 will be my #12 so I’ll make sure I’ll learn it fast ... lol .. yes the Sunshine was confusing but the Dream even worst but on the last day we knew it all how to get around lol 🤣🤣🤣

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jallaway 6 years ago

Good observations. I haven't been on the Vista yet; but on many (most?) Ships, you'll be sharing a table with other Shipmates.

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missjodieelizabeth 6 years ago

The layout of the ship was very confusing I spent 13 days on the Vista and really had no clue where I was going and I have been on other Carnival ships 😂😂

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juliemike 6 years ago

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Clayton1983 6 years ago

Thank you. Once you cruise on a couple of different carnival ships you’ll realize that the layouts are pretty much the same. So you’ll now pretty much know your way around them all. However, the Sunshine will definitely throw you off. Not a fan of it.

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