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Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.5
Author: Miracleb59

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Miracleb59

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 04, 2021

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8269

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

This was our first time cruising with Carnival. We were disappointed in the food quality and variety. Cruise director and staff worked hard to accommodate and make sure experience was good! Ship was clean and staff was constantly cleaning!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Lines moved fairly quickly and then everybody was directed to an area to sit and wait.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The food choices never seemed to change. The barbecue was good but had a little too much pepper on it.

JiJi Asian Kitchen

4 out of 5

Food was good

Guy's Burger Joint

4 out of 5

Burgers were good!

Guy's Pig & Anchor

4 out of 5

Loved the barbecue but had a little too much pepper!

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

4 out of 5

Staff was very nice and food was good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedy show was good

IMAX Theater

4 out of 5

Movies were good

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Cruise director was very energetic and was passionate about her job. Ship personnel worked hard to make sure things were cleaned.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was very clean!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Room was clean but small

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Second time to visit here…excursion was the chocolate experience…it was okay…van for transportation was VERY cramped! Lunch was good

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Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Visited the Mayan ruins….tour guides were very knowledgeable….extremely hot…mosquitoes were awful…lunch was good

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

We did the Chef Maestro’s cooking class. It was fun but we had to hurry to get back to the ship on time!

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Announcement was made to pick up luggage tags on deck 10 after disembarkation presentation. Line was long and people passing by who didn’t attend the presentation decided to cut and get their tags after they finally arrived with them. We had to be out of our room by 8:30 which I understand for preparation for new passengers but we had to stand around on deck 5 for over an hour and a half to leave. It would have been much more convenient if the big room with seating on that floor had been available as a waiting area.

11 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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CaribbeanWaters 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to upcoming cruise.

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Pheznt55 3 years ago

Thanks

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CurlyCruiserYAY 3 years ago

Go Carnival

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izrgreen 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience from the Carnival Vista

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Curt34 3 years ago

Thanks for the review. Sorry the cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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babygrljaz 3 years ago

Fat Jimmy's C Side BBQ??

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Tropicgal 3 years ago

You should not have had to stand around and wait to disembark. It should also not have been crowded. There are plenty of places left for guests to wait. Once your # is called, you just walk out! We are in no hurry to leave so we pick a # that’s at the end.

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javawoody 3 years ago

I am never in a hurry to disembark, so I wait on the lido deck, and avoid the rush to exit

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uspprincess 3 years ago

Guy’s Burgers is always our first stop on day 1! Thanks for your review!

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cruising2004 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience

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