I love the Caribbean but not to happy with Carnival.

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 4
Author: juliathor

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

juliathor

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 73

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2022

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7318

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

my biggest issue embarkation. If you have a check in time of 1 pm your should not be allowed to board before others. Just because you came early.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Why have check in times if it just a free for all? People showing up way before their check in time and still be allowed to check before people that showed up at the correct time. My time was 12:30 to 1 I showed up at 12:20 and the people that I had to stand behind in line had check in time of 1:30-2. So why were they not made to wait. Other people on the ship had a check in time of 1 -1:30 and they checked in at 11 am. WHY?

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food what great in the dining room Buffet was a lot less pleasing

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

too cold to use the pool in my opinion. I go on the cruise to relax and that is what I did relax.

Entertainment

did ot get to see any of the shows.

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

waiters were great room steward was good too. but I did find some of the staff a little off putting.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

nice

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

standard cabin nothing special

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

great love this port I can park my car just across the street

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Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

stop here a lot board with it.

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Belize City, Belize

4 out of 5

Hard to judge. it was pouring down rain. but getting out side the port area was a little confusing.

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Beautiful port very hilly can be difficult for people that have walking issues

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Got off the ship a lot quicker than expected

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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sycamoregrill 2 years ago

Agree that they should enforce the boarding time issue. Part of the fun is checking in two weeks before at 12:01 to get the earliest boarding time 😃 Glad you had a great cruise!

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wooti05 2 years ago

Pre-Covid showing up early was normal, Carnival does not enforce their boarding times. Glad you still had a good time.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

One of the biggest complaints about Carnival, the lack of boarding time enforcement. But that said, glad you had a relaxing trip.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry check in times were not enforced. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of it.

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Shh813 2 years ago

We've been on 10 cruises and most people usually do show up early and are allowed in. We are those people. Love to board earlier and get our vacation going. Cruising is the best vacation ever!

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Kracka 2 years ago

AGREED!

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izrgreen 2 years ago

Thank you for the review.

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