Soooo many kids!!

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.5
Author: lisadawn1970

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

lisadawn1970

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2018

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 2290

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed our cruise, however we will never cruise again while kids are out of school, and unfortunately it's not all the kids fault - parents think the ship is a babysitter and they run wild!! Our room issues were listed above and we found the ship to be confusing - normally after a day or 2 you figure things out, but we were still getting turned around on the final day and we are seasoned cruisers. We will sail her again, but be careful our cabin choices and time of year

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

don't pick the Cove Balcony - we were located right under the kitchen and woken up every morning at 4:47am to banging pots and pans - also they have parties in the Atrium that we could hear all night long, as that was above us as well

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

9 Comments

rickyhenry1966 5 years ago

That’s the only time we cruise is when schools are in....Parents control ya kid....

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aharbison66 5 years ago

There are always kids on ships. Sure more during vacations and holidays, but many take their kids out of school, or they home school. I love my kids, but sometimes you need a break from them with your spouse or friends.

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KELLYCRUISE0424 5 years ago

I made this mistake a few years back. I didn't realize that is was the week before Easter. Our room attented told us the kids on the ship did $6,000.00 in damage. The parents need to put a leash on their kids if you take them on vacation. Every time my husband and I wanted to play mini golf of walk the track there was a kid that would bug us or would be running wild. So now we are booked on 14 day cruise in the NCL haven. Hope for a better trip.

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floydwonder6 5 years ago

Kids need a vacation too 😩😂

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AuntPinkie 5 years ago

We do our best to avoid school vacations. Another thing to be aware of is Spring Breaks with college students. They can treat the ship like a dorm. Glad you will cruise again during a more adult time frame!

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jenn2831 5 years ago

We loved cruising with our kids and carnival has wonderful kids clubs. However i totally agree any kids problems r the parents. They figure they cant lose em on a ship so they turn em loose. Now that ours r grown we love the great prices we get cruising when the kids r in school 😉

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TexasHome 5 years ago

Cabin choice?

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Cruznik22 5 years ago

There should be a kids free cruises

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cruisingurl 5 years ago

AMEN!!!!!

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