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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Vista

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 18, 2020

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5216

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Booking our next one this week. We plan on enjoying the Havana club only from now on.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
First time boarding with our receiving our SnS cards first. That part was weird.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room never fails to exceed expectations. However, our group of 2 couples weren't seated together. It error was rectified quickly but we noticed that several groups had the same issue. Luckily ours was small so finding a new table wasn't too difficult. First time this has happened but it was strange just how many people were in the same situation.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Didn't get to participate in much Trivia but the ones we did we enjoyed. Need more on sea days and less on port days

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The best ensemble talent we've ever seen!

Children's Programs

No kids this trip and our kids are too old.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
John our room steward was amazing. We had a couple of maintenance issues that need fixing and he got them sorted significantly faster that we thought possible.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
I thought the buffet seating felt cramped, more walls less open concept. Made it really hard to scan the room to find our group.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
As expected. But the veranda (far to large to be called a balcony) was out of this world. It was nearly impossible to get my husband out of the swing!

Ship tip

Book the Havana room. You won't regret it!

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Been there so many times now, it's not exciting.

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Spent the day at Rendezvous Caye, small private island in the middle of the ocean. Absolutely amazing, will be heading back next time we sail in!

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Did the Ultimate Aventure Combo: ziplining and suspension bridges, great time had by all! My husband got to try live termites, peppery cilantro-who'd a guessed.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
We got stuck on the wrong side of the closed shipping chanel, not Carnivals fault but we didn't disembark until noon and the only food available was the ice cream machine, coffee, tea, juice machine or water.
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5 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Thanks for the positive review

uspprincess    4 years ago

I’d love to hear more about the Havana rooms and area! We only book balconies and are trying a suite for the first time.

BobbyPatton    4 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to leave such great feedback. We are cruising in about a month and this was very informative. Just curious about the embarkation and debarkation process. Our last carnival cruise when we boarded it was a snap however when we were leaving it was crazy.

dsrsdsrs    4 years ago

Glad to hear about Rendezvous Caye. We have been wondering if it was worth going to. Thanks🛳

AuntPinkie    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise!🛳

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