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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Carnival Vista

6 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 05, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The rocking of ship causes me not to want to go again on the vista. Actually will go out of different port next two cruises we go on. Found great things in each port for my house, and enjoyed meeting the people. Mr sanchos is a must in cozumel. Galveston needs more custom agents

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We had fttf, got onboard at noon. Our room was ready, but we did not receive our luggage until almost 7 pm

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was great in dining room, buffet had same thing every morning, enjoyed the Mongolian wok. Pasta at lunch

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool on lido was always crowded, waterworks was great for kids, sky ride was awesome for the 9 year old

Entertainment

5 out of 5
CD Matt would make me want to retake the cruise. The America rock show and lip sync battle made the trip for me

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Kids loved camp ocean.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our steward was great, always had clean room. Getting off boat encountered a rude worker who told me I couldnt stop long enough to make sure my 9 year old autistic child didnt get trampled with everyone cutting in front of her as she rolled her suitcase. I informed lady that I'd stonewall the line until I made sure she was ok and near me so she didnt panicked.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Too big of ship so the layout wasnt effective and efficient. Had to go across deck 5 and go down 2 floors to get to main dining room. Couldnt cut through to get there. No one could give clear directions to the resturant, almost lost our table because it took 7 people and 15 minutes to find our way

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had 4 people in room, outside of the needing to duck we enjoyed our room

Ship tip

Cut across deck 5 to aft of ship to get to dining on deck 3.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5
Not enough custom workers

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Little pricey, but great show in middle of port

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Loved the people here.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Loved mr sanchos, will go again

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Considering we were of the boat by 745 and through customs by 830, it could have been worse. Fttf made that happen. But the staff during disembarkation could have been nicer to parents with small children. I understand theres a time frame, but theres also kindness.
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