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A great getaway for a family with young children!

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Carnival Vista

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2437

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I loved our carnival experience. I wish there would have been a package price offered for all pictures taken by carnival staff, instead of price per picture. We would have purchased a package if offered. Instead we left the boat with no pictures, and regrets for not purchasing them :(

Embarkation

5 out of 5
No issues, fast with minimal waits

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Everything was great, only thing is the quality of food in the Lido marketplace could use some attention.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Skyride, Dr. Seuss Breakfast, Waterworks, Spa, and Build a Bear at Sea was amazing

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Great comedians and shows! Jorge Salinas was great!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Camp Ocean and children's events were great, exceeded our expectations,

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room stewards were great! Not one bad experience with any service staff on the entire trip, that speaks volumes about the calliber of people working on this ship.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean, much more than I expected.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Decent size room. Close to Family Harbor lounge. Nice bunk accommodations for our children

Ship tip

Take advantage of a lot onboard entertainment in the evenings. Its pretty grwat

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5
Kind of tempermental weather wise
Thumbs Up

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Yes Dolphinaris was amazing!
Thumbs Up

Belize City, Belize

4 out of 5
Crowded and kind of top much solicitation for excursions. Like every 3-5 feet you pass someone wanting you to take a excursion with them.
Thumbs Up

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Was a gray port destination, very pretty. Our excursion was booked outside of our cruiseline, which could have been better.
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Smooth, experienced long waits in customs, Lady working in customs seemed to be on a power trip and gave us a hassle about identification for our children, even though she had all of our passports in her hands. Very rude!
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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.