really fun trip

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 4.2
Author: hufferdaustin

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

hufferdaustin

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 24, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12209

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I am still really upset we chose this cruise. We chose this ship because we wanted to do the sky ride, and they had it closed down. next time I think we will book with someone else so hopefully we get to do what is marketed to us.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

All went smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The Buffet food is not good. The restaurant is great all other food is pretty good. Not a fan of the pig and anchor.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

I chose this ship because I thought it would have been really cool to do the sky ride. Well they had the ride shut down the whole cruise. I do not see how they can market the ride to get you on their ship then have it closed down. the rest of the activities were alright just not enough of them without the ride.

Sky Ride

1 out of 5

Why use this as marketing tool if we can not do the ride? We decided on the ship over Royal Caribbean because of this ride. Do not get your hopes up to ride this ride.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We absolutely loved the shows onboard! The cast, singers, and dancers were top notch.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It was clean and good size, we never really used the spa so not worth the extra money.

Ship tip

do not get your hopes up for the sky ride.

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

5 out of 5

horseback riding was amazing!

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George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Stingray city on the Allure Catamaran is a must do!!

Thumbs Up 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Cozumel is nice.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Hard to find out where to exit. We would go to one floor be told we were supposed to be on another floor and it kept going in a circle until we finally happened to be in the right spot.

4 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Lndsycone 5 years ago

Me to! I have a friend leaving Sunday. We were going to cruise together but I wanted vista for the sky ride. I was so excited about riding it.

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Shh813 5 years ago

We usually pick a cruise for the ports it’s going to. You say you will try another ship or cruise line. Same thing could happen. We went on the Conquest in March. That is a great ship. Food in MDR was absolutely delicious. Our ports were fantastic. Didn’t care for the shows but that in no way ruined anything. Would definitely go on the Conquest again.

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rokwldr 5 years ago

We went on this ship when it was fairly new and we didn't like it. Same old decor, lack of glass elevators terrible food except the buffet. Pig and anchor sucked, we saw lots of people putting their food in the trash. That was the last one for us on Carnival for a while.

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