cruise from hell

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 1.9
Author: ekfraz

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

ekfraz

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

1.9 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 23, 2018

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This was our 6th. cruise with Carnival and of which were this year, we have never had these problems before but this cruise was terrible and a Christmas cruise at that.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

it went good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

food was not good on the lido or in the main dining room

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Matt the cruise director did the best entertaining

Children's Programs

no young children

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

I found many employees rude.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

tables were not cleaned on the lido ,

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

we were suppose to have a handicapped room and this one was not, my wife and daughter weigh too much to sleep on the pull down bed so they put the mattress on the floor which restricted me getting into our bed since we were wall to wall beds, they removed the night stands and lamps to do this, a supervisor came the next day and said this arrangement was against maritime law, it did not allow access to life jackets or easy passage in case of emergency, I also have a handicapped scooter which takes up room, we had bed bugs, sewage stoppages and smells. spider on the bed,

Ship tip

don't do it !

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

this is our port of boarding

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5

it was not a handicapped accessable excursion so waste of money

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Belize City, Belize

4 out of 5

we had a great excursion with great people and food and scenery. we did the air boat tour and the jaguar zoo with lunch, The boat tenders were not good.

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Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5

our excursion was not handicapped accessable, waste of time and money

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

long wait

Traveler Photos

13 Comments

cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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mason2x 5 years ago

So your family waist line was Carnival's fault?

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KofiNaija 5 years ago

Matt is best in business

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debbielankford 5 years ago

Sounds like you should have booked a larger room To accommodate larger people

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DFromATX 5 years ago

If your family has such special needs, you need to do research and ask questions before you buy.

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Grownsexy 5 years ago

Wow!!!

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allthat815 5 years ago

I've seen all the 1 star reviews that you've left for the time you've had on this cruise and the places you went to and I'm sorry to see you had such a miserable, crappy time. Our family loves all of our cruises and I must say that our time on the Vista was no exception. We had the best time ever! It was a Southern Caribbean cruise and would go again in a heartbeat. The staff was so very friendly (including Matt Mitcham, the CD. Best ever), the food was delicious and so much to choose from, so many things to do and we were never bored and the ship was so clean ( we saw people cleaning non stop). No problems whatsoever for us!

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kathy1622 5 years ago

Bedbugs? And you stayed in the cabin? I am having a hard time believing any of this.

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onlysail 5 years ago

Any cruise would be bad for this guy

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Frogboo95 5 years ago

Something sounds real fishy here. This would have been easily resolved if it was true. Carnival has always bent over backwards to help us with any problems.

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missnotanlines 5 years ago

Maybe you should have checked out the room options before you booked

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AllieJo3000 5 years ago

What happened that made it so bad?

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nikki0319 5 years ago

What made it so bad ? We’re going with all 6 our kids in June

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