Nice but Overcrowded

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.3
Author: Cruiser

Carnival Vista Cruise Review

Zach2

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 31, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10259

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

7 night out of Galveston stopping in Cozumel, Belize and Roatan. The port of Galveston is old and not very efficient. The cruise, and the vista were ok, but the ship was extremely overcrowded. The pools were overcrowded with not enough seating.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

The shop is overall very nice but its extremely overcrowded and there aren’t enough chairs or swimming pools.

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Ports of call

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5

Galveston, Texas

1 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

4 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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mleonardelli5 5 years ago

We were on an hour before our scheduled time and never had a problem with overcrowding... hmmmm

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GrandmaOf03 5 years ago

We were just on the Vista in May and we never had a problem with finding seats 💺 or space in the pools... WE LOVED IT! Can’t wait for 2020!💙🛳

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jallaway 5 years ago

The "original" cruise terminal is actually a converted former warehouse. Number 2 is new purpose-built, but I don't think it really loads any faster. Note that both used to have a rail switchyard in front and they still have to deal with the single rail line that runs in front of them. So what does all this mean? Absolutely nothing....when 4000 passengers have to depend on four Customs agents that want to verify EVERYONE coming ashore.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Beautiful Ship and wonderful crew!!! Loved the Redfrog Pub!!! Do the Micro tour...worth it!!!

Love the Vista, so much to do.