Cruise review

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 4
Author: joy808

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

joy808

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Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 17, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Was a good cruise, I think I was expecting more from all the reviews and utube videos I watched before we went. Will do Alaska next year. Also we definitely consider not going on spring break, to many unsupervised kids. I talked to 4 young boys that were eating at buffet alone(10-12 yrs old) they were throwing sugar packets all over the floor and pickles on the windows and laughing as they stuck and slid down the window. As a mother I just had to remind them someone was going to have to clean up that mess🙄 they hung there heads , cleaned up there mess and left. I’m sure they had some four letter words fr me as they walked away,,,0 well,,,,no respect.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Good,,fast, easy, very organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

We only ate at main dining room twice,once dinner, very good food. Seated to close to next table thou. Once breakfast, very good food, excellent service. Again felt like we were eating with the table next to us. So many awesome food choices. Italian restaurant was amazingly good, steak restaurant was good. Guys burgers were sooooo yummy, pizza was good, Blue Igwana had really good fish tacos, burritos were so fresh. The blue margaritas were pretty amazing too. We loved the buffet, was always good, kept clean. Soft serve 🍦 was nice.

Cucina Del Capitano

5 out of 5

Great food and service

Taste Bar

4 out of 5

Enjoyed this area for quiet morning coffee and lite foods

Seafood Shack

5 out of 5

Worth the extra charge, very good food

Cherry on Top

4 out of 5

Such a large variety of sugar to choose from

BlueIguana Tequila Bar

5 out of 5

Best blue margaritas

BlueIguana Cantina

5 out of 5

Fresh great food

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We stayed in the Havana section. Pool was awesome because was never crowded. My husband enjoyed the bike sky ride, never a long line. Water slides fun. Kids splash water section was really cute,fun.

Sky Ride

4 out of 5

Line not to long, remember ur covered shoes

Havana Pool

4 out of 5

Awesome, never crowded

Carnival Waterworks

4 out of 5

Fun for adults as well as kids

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Only saw one show, theater very small. Just ok

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Was what I expected, nothing special to report. Was good, not great.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

I do think the crew works very hard to maintain the cleanliness of the ship. Our room was also cleaned very good and quickly.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Was a beautiful cabin, in Havana section.Back of ship, great view but feel the motion.

Ship tip

Think I will go back to mid ship so I don’t feel the motion as much

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

No excursions, busy port, not the pretties.

Thumbs Up 2

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Was ok, went to Mr Sanchos. Service was not as good as all the reviews. Food was good thou.

Thumbs Up 5

Belize City, Belize Did not visit port

Stayed on ship at pool

Thumbs Up 0

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5

Walked to beach, very crowded, went to restaurant to get free WiFi. Had red snapper, Hugh fish was so good. Nice people. Did some shopping, back to ship.

Thumbs Up 6

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Was great, not rushed. Had breakfast at buffet.

1 Comment

DFromATX 5 years ago

I’ve heard spring break is the worst time to cruise. I’m glad you scolded those kids. They must have had some sense since they listened to you. Boy would my son be in big trouble if I ever caught him acting like that!

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