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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 115

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5
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Carnival Vista

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 06, 2022

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14224

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Not enough time at ports average was 5 hrs. Drink package says unlimited but it’s not water even had to wait 5 min for. Food was not good, not hot and didn’t ever wow me

Embarkation

3 out of 5
It took 20 min but someone with carnival finally started to go by the arrival times it was crazy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Had the cheers package… including 15 alcoholic beverages and unlimited soda and water… however they will NOT allow you to order a water and a alcohol together has to be 5 minutes apart… unlimited mean anytime any amount… this was very upsetting I have had this package multiple times before and never had a problem. As for food very disappointed in dining food it was flat out not good… the blue iguana had the best food.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Trivia and Comedy and a show… trivia same as all other ships… comedy ok not great the shows horrible… pool and fitness just go at odd times so it’s not overcrowded.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Shows were horrible same singers and drum players everyday.

Children's Programs

No young kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Wait staff great, guest service great room steward good

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
They try to keep it clean… would have liked to see more cleaning on elevator and high traffic area

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Size was ok…balcony small and it was not covered (didn’t know this) the step up to get into bathroom was loud so at night it would wake me up or my husband if one of us got up.

Ship tip

Skip go on a new ship or not carnival

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

2 out of 5
Not organized at port

Montego Bay, Jamaica

1 out of 5
If you don’t do an excursion nothing at port u must take a 25$ round trip van into town… that drops u off and people try to sell drugs and really nothing to do. Then they leave you for 2 hrs to go back

George Town, Grand Cayman

2 out of 5
Didn’t get off at this port… bc we were only docked from 7 am to 1 pm this is not enough time to be at a port… you must be water shuttle in so that’s 30 min at least. 7 am is early so if you don’t get off until 9 or do (like normal person) that gives you 3 hrs to do something… waste of time

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
Excursion was ok… but took the entire time we were at port again a very short period… 10:30 to 3:30 so gave us very little time to shop or look around when we got back.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
It was ok
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3 Comments

MichaelW    2 years ago

After reading this review, I saw a complainer, so I checked your other reviews, and sure enough, more of the same. Try looking for something positive next time. Yes some of your points are valid, short time in GC due to ships ongoing propulsion issue needs to be resolved, but 20 minute embarkation gets 3 stars…. Um, that’s 5 stars all day everyday.

garyhagerty    2 years ago

Thanks for the thoughts

pinkfirefly    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your honest review. I had a lot of the same issues last month. I shared it, & a LOT of people were angry at me for not saying everything was perfect. It’s a good ship with a good time, but there are some major problems they need to iron out.

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