Felt very high pressure sales on many of the things that we were interested in. Very disappointing and frustrating! Ship was nice and room was nice but high pressure sales and my husband fell twice because of the wet floors in the dining room. Not a good!

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.1
Author: tinambrown

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

tinambrown

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 28, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12204

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Nice ship and nice room but not a good experience!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Overall smooth and okay

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main dining - food was cold and small portions.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Bingo, dance, stringed instruments, pool

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Dance shows were good

Children's Programs

Nonkids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Steward was excellent- Jonathan. Bars were slow to refill Coke’s (package)

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Good

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was fine

Ship tip

Be prepared for high pressure sales

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5

Could not dock and had to omit this stop!

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Very slow and arduous

11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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skfett 5 years ago

I will say that we just got of the Dream today. Yes the jewelry presentations are very interesting as far as if you want to know about gem stones etc. But when you go into Cozumel to collect your "FREE" charms and bracelet I can tell you that they DO in fact put a lot of pressure to buy on you. But be firm. Grab your free gift and run. Unless you are in the market for expensive rings etc. Then you're ok. No sales tax. Lol

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sfcvan 5 years ago

Not sure of your definition of pressure sale, but I was on the Vista this past March. I didn't see any of the things you saw, not saying you're wrong. But the only thing I witnessed far as sales was the young ladies who tried to get you to buy spa treatments, but no pressure. I will say the service in MDR was kinda slow, but understand why since it was a sold out cruise doing spring break. Still had a wonderful time, it was vacation and 42nd anniversary with my lovely wife. Nothing could have spoiled that, i have always believed if you're with a love one. Nothing should get in the way of having a great time, happy and safe sailing to all.

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Grownsexy 5 years ago

Been on 3 cruises, never been pressured to buy anything on the ship.

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Shh813 5 years ago

I’ve never seen wet floors in the dining room, much less falling because of it.

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Punkis 5 years ago

Not true never been pressured

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jallaway 5 years ago

I think most of us know to stay away from jewelry "presentations" and art auctions. Both can be a bit pressuring

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bryamartin 5 years ago

What are they pressuring you to by on the Ship?... On the Islands yes!!!. But I've never experienced this on the ships.

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teresauhlig 5 years ago

What were they selling on the ship?

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jenn2831 5 years ago

Yea high pressure sales on the ship.......no dont buy that

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cgriffis3150 5 years ago

High pressure sales on the ship? That is a new one on me.

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