this trip was OK at best

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.6
Author: dklaw1619

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

dklaw1619

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 19, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9203

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

the crew of this ship could work on customer service and being on the same page when telling guest what to do

Embarkation

4 out of 5

we were 30 min from dropping our bags at bag check to boarding the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

the dining room was great but the buffet was less than ok

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

i didn't like the fact that some of the bars didn't do their planned events just to show the baseball game

Entertainment

4 out of 5

the stage shows need a warning if there are going to be a lot of strobe lights

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

our dining rm staff was awesome and so was the bartenders at the casino bar but the tide bar staff and the staff in the red frog pub were rude

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

1 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

there are always issues with the gangway in galveston and this time it was an issue so they change the plan to disembark from deck 0 insted of deck 3. so we were being told to go back to our cabin and wait but the room stewards were kicking us out. when i found the room steward super for the floor he walked away from me and didnt return. when i called the front desk to get info i was told that no announcement was made telling us to go back to our rooms but Matt the CD had just made the announcement 20 min beforehand

2 Comments

cruiseplayer 5 years ago

No matter what peir you are at with carnival there is always some kind of problem or back up ! And the employees on board that wear the. " ask me " shirts havnt a clue , or what time of day it is . If brains were dynamite , most couldn't blow their nose .

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LMG1988 5 years ago

I have never had a smooth experience with embarkation or debarkation in Galveston. But I keep putting up with it. Every other port was much easier. It does help that the port workers are super nice and helpful; except one last time. Each time we debarked, seems they always started with a different floor... Last time we were on deck 1, so we hauled it all up to the lido to expect to wait, but they called deck 1. Cruise before, they called higher decks. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Pretty great cruise

Could have been better!