sweeti Cruise Review on Carnival Vista on Sep 08, 2018

Carnival Vista Cruise Review

sweeti

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Sail date: September 08, 2018

Ship: Carnival Vista

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Just left the Vista this morning. We had a great time! It is a beautiful ship! While it is a larger ship the public areas do not feel bigger than other Carnival ships. Be sure to arrive early for all shows to get a seat. The comedy club and liquid lounge fill up quick. We found some of the previous reviews about the liquid lounge to be true. The upstairs level consists of obstructed views. The breakfast buffet options are limited. Basically the same thing every day. Definitely recommend the seaday brunch in the Horizon dining room. Lunch was ok. The ice cream was delicious... kinda ruined the usual machines. Guys Burgers are amazing! We tried Your Time Dining for the first time. It was a huge success for us. We ate early some nights and late on other nights. Our table was always ready.... never had to wait. It may have been helpful that there were only two of us. The dinner options were much better in the dining room vs the buffet. Decor on the ship was much more appealing to me then previous Carnival ships. Had a more sophisticated beachy vibe. I have to agree with others who have commented on the elevators. There definitely are not enough of them. Long waits and crazy full on several occasions. We did the skyride and ropes course as soon as we could after boarding. Glad we did because about halfway through our cruise the skyride was indefinitely shut down. Employees didn't/couldn't say why. They did tell us they received a call from corporate that they needed to immediately shut down. Horizon was also told to shut down. Didn't sound like they would be open any time soon.

9 Comments

DJ74501 6 years ago

Great review, we are looking forward to our cruise on vista in January.

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sweeti 6 years ago

I hope the skyride opens back up soon for all future cruisers. It had nothing to do with wind. Thinking it might be a safety concern. The Horizon (sister ship) was also closed at the same time.

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sherbs 6 years ago

We were on the Vista in March and they closed the sky due to high winds. It will likely reopen when winds die down.

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BrandiBishop07 6 years ago

Oh my that isn't good about the sky ride! I'm going in November 2018 with my family my sister and brother really wants to try it I hope it'll be open for them by then!

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chomperman 6 years ago

I liked your review. Thank you

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Tomsalwayssmili 6 years ago

That's so sad. I was really looking forward to the skyride. Hopefully it was just an overlooked safety item that they need to fix.

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luv2cruztoo 6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed 👍

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DerekMire 6 years ago

Good

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Great review 😋

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