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Review summary

My family just returned from an 8-day cruise on the Carnival Vista. After a family cruise last year on the Carnival Breeze, we were super excited to cruise again, so we booked our next expedition right away. We sailed out of Miami, FL on Sept 8 and returned yesterday, Sept 16. I have no idea what changed in a years time but the service we received aboard the Carnival Vista was drastically different than that received on the Carnival Breeze. To start, the food on the Vista was lackluster. The sausage served at breakfast taste of dish soap, the bacon is soaked in grease, and everything else lacks seasoning. For breakfast, I tried eating at the buffet on the Lido deck, I tried the Horizons restaurant, to no avail. At home, I usually eat egg whites that consist of all veggies and a hand full of diced ham for flavoring. I even requested this on the cruise ship but it still did not have a taste. As far as food is concerned, I settled on hot dogs and pizza after the third day. Another thing that was disappointing was most of the events started earlier than what was indicated by the carnival hub app, and if you arrive even a minute late, the hosts will not allow you the chance to participate. In one case, my husband screenshot the time to prove the event started early but the host continued to stick to her story that she did not start early. It was frustrating. We were in a party of almost 30 people and we met and talked to many more people on the cruise. There seemed to be a consensus that the Carnival Vista was disappointing - especially since this boat was just introduced a little over 2 years ago. The carpet around the ship was already destroyed, the staterooms were hot and we would hear constant banging all night. We literally had to pull all the covers off the bed because it was so hot. The maintenance guy kept saying the temperature in the room was in compliance with their rules; regardless of our discomfort.

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Basseterre, St. Kitts

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

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