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Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Carnival Vista

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2023

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 2409

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall we had a lot of fun and no big issues on our cruise. Not my favorite one we've been on but still a good time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Appointment at 10-10:30, on the ship by about 11-11:30 had luggage by about 1pm

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room was a little disappointing on the quality of the food. Stuff over or under cooked. A little slow on the service. Drinks at the atrium bar were not very good but the other bars were on point. Food at the quick dining restaurants was always good and pretty fast.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Pools, splash pad and slide were all great. Wish the casino was non smoking. I like playing the table games but hate having to breathe that junk in and then having to shower and do laundry as soon as I leave there.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Djs and musicians were all great but everything seemed so loud. Maybe I'm just old lol.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Kids loved camp ocean.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff was great and friendly as usual.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship was clean and well maintained but I didn't care so much for the layout. It felt smaller and more closed off then other ships even though I know it's much larger. Excited to go on the jubilee, seems much more open.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Loved the cabin, nice to have an extra bathroom. Does not have a pull down bed. The steward was great. The buffet and amenities in the family harbor area was nice to have. Two cons were that the balcony was almost always wet I think from them cleaning and the kitchen was above us and at weird times of night it sounded like someone banging on pipes and would wake up my husband.

Ports of call

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5
Basically only thing to do is the falls. The falls can be a tough climb and not good for smaller kids, older people or out of shape people.

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
The port where we docked was a shipping port or something not good for walking around and not pretty. The excursions were great though. Did the sting rays and turtle sanctuary.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Cozumel is always fun. You can walk around downtown if you just want to shop or do any of the resorts. We did Mr Sancho's which is always a quality all inclusive resort.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We had group 1 but they had all the people carrying their luggage go first (normal), then they called groups 1-10 and muster stations all at once. Made priority disembarkation pointless.
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