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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Vista

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 30, 2019

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5204

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We loved it. It was our first cruise so we were a little confused on where to go and what to do but we still had a great time! Next cruise will be even better now that we armed with more information.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Fairly easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was absolutely fantastic! Our favorite was the Blue Iguana! We LOVED their menu! Main dining at Horizons while the food was excellent, sharing a table with strangers was rather awkward.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Everything was wonderful!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our steward was Ronaldo was WONDERFUL! Olivia was the bartender in the Havana, she did an excellent job!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was super clean. There was always people cleaning.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was very nice and Ronaldo kept it super nice! We loved our porch, it was lovely!

Ship tip

If you are not much of a people person, the Havana Cabana is perfect. We had the option of being around a lot of people or not. Super nice!

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

2 out of 5
Ugg! The port smelled of oil.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We did not do an excursion. We went to the shops. Very nice! Pedestrian shops. No beaches right off the ship. The reason I say no beaches is because this was our first cruise and we had no idea there wouldn’t be beach access in each port without an excursion.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
We did not do an excursion. Shopping was fun. No beaches right off the ship. The reason I say no beaches is because this was our first cruise and we had no idea there wouldn’t be beach access in each port without an excursion.

Montego Bay, Jamaica

2 out of 5
We did not do an excursion. We only went to the small shops right off the ship. Several people we talked to were approached to buy weed and other drugs that took the shuttles into town. No beaches were right off the ship. The reason I say no beaches is because this was our first cruise and we had no idea there wouldn’t be beach access in each port without an excursion.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Getting off the ship was fine. We were not waiting on our luggage, we carried ours off. The lines went through the luggage that had been taken off the ship and nobody seemed to know where we were supposed to go. Very confusing especially for new cruisers.
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4 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

DFromATX    5 years ago

Next time choose anytime dining. It’s nice because you can eat when you’re hungry, not at a set time. I like meeting people, but at dinner I just want to sit with my family. But some people enjoy the assigned dining.

LMG1988    5 years ago

Seems you enjoyed yourself even though you didn’t know where to go, otherwise. We are all here to help for any future things to do in ports! Many of us are still cruising and learning. 😁

wooti05    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

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