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Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.2
Author: TX7

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

TX7

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 04, 2023

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6387

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Carnival is not what it used to be. Understood, they have lost millions due to pandemic, but don't take it out on your paying passengers! No mention or gratitude whatsoever for returning gold members that spend thousands right after pandemic. Service has dropped in half. No free in room dining or night turn down service is really not acceptable.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

System down. Never happens. Yeah, right.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

In room dining no longer free. BBQ was only 2.5 hours a day at sea and line was an hour long.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Kids like the water park.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Meh. Seems half the staff doesn't want to work anymore. Covid vacay ruined them.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

This was good, although no nigh turn down service now.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

What to be expected, although no night turn down was unexpected.

Ship tip

If you want BBQ, be willing to wait.

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Parking sitch was ridiculous.

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5

This is a good beach.

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Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Interesting shore shopping, but must use tender which can be overwhelming.

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Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

More shopping

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

This all ships need a better system. Due to our muster station, checked bag passengers were let off even before us. Out of cabin by 8:30 and twiddle your thumbs for 90 minutes.

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Pheznt55 1 year ago

Something to think about

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aircraft06 1 year ago

Sorry about your experience was on the Vista last March and it was excellent will be back on it in March hopefully it will be something carnival will get fixed before they lose customers

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lsbs 1 year ago

Thanks for your review.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Agree with the other comments that you were expecting more than you should. Service to the cabin has been changed since the restart and actually began before that. We sailed with this crew in January, they were some of best we’ve ever had. Perhaps you’ve “outgrown” Carnival.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your view

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CruzeFan 1 year ago

If you are expecting Cruising to be back to what it was prior to Covid, you will always be disappointed. It will likely never be the same again. People will have to decide if they will adjust their expectations or move on to a different type of vacation.

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DACruiser57 1 year ago

Crusing is not the same post pandemic. Cruise lines are having issues getting fully staffed, supply chains still exists and prices have shot up for EVERYTHING. This not the cruise lines fault, but we all want to believe it is. Give these guys a break and let them work through this.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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MichaelW 1 year ago

Sounds like you didn’t want to enjoy your trip. BBQ line is never an hour long, I have sailed Vista 3 times and have yet to experience anything close to this. I was on the ship in December and the crew members were amazing! So much so that I keep in touch with a couple of them. If you want your bed turned down at night, select an afternoon cleaning and venture the ship rather than messing up your bed. No, the cruise line has not lost millions, they lost billions. Yes, some things have changed, but the experience is amazing, especially for the cost to cruise. Compared to may land based vacations, cruises are an excellent deal. To everyone reading that may be new to cruising, if you want to have a great time on a cruise, you will. Simple as that!

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