Good trip.

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.8
Author: cruisinnewby

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

cruisinnewby

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Very enjoyable cruise other than the buffet. Cruise director was “the bomb”. He and his crew were fantastic and very sociable.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Paying for Fast to Fun is well worth it. 5 minutes from shuttle to ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Buffet was very disappointing. Ate mostly at the extra areas such as Guy’s Burgers, Pizza, etc.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship personnel were fabulous and called everyone by their first name.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Did not like the ship layout it was hard to find your way around. It was always clean though and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Other than the beds being very hard the room was ok.

Ship tip

Get the Fast to Fun.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

No excursion. Just boarded ship there.

Thumbs Up 1

Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5

Booked Bar Hop Tour and it was fabulous. Took us to the 4 sites and gave us history of Cozumel too. Saw a crocodile too.

Thumbs Up 1

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

Took the Belize River tour. Saw dolphins, manatees, crocodiles, iguanas and other wildlife. Great tour.

Thumbs Up 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

2 out of 5

Booked the Punta Gorda East Island tour. Tour guide was a native and she was fantastic and told us lots of history of the people of the island. Loved the tour.

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy.

1 Comment

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Best Ship So Far.

Cruise Director

We spent a week on the Vista a beautiful ship, the only draw back was the buffet not all bad, but some foods was not as good for lunch. Breakfast was always good the Seafood Cafe was great, our cabin steward Z was great took care of us like family.