It was ok

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3
Author: simmons2018

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

simmons2018

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2023

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9340

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I will never do carnival again. You get what you pay for.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food is terrible. The app to check in for dining was never working and the wait times were well beyond what they quoted. I could of made a lot of what we had at home.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Not. Lot to do and pools are small.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

There’s nothing to do. Live music, trivia, and bingo. Comedy show was good but other than that, there’s nothing to do.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

A few bartenders were rude and were visibly overwhelmed. Nobody to come around at the pools. Dinner took close to 2 hours every night. No one greeted you just “what do you want to order”. Bartenders wouldn’t even greet you. Just looked at you and made you wait 10 minutes before you could get a drink.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Well maintained. Poor layout very closed concept.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Clean. Stateroom attendant didn’t introduce himself or come in the first 2 days. Bed was hard and kept splitting apart. Shower was small.

Ship tip

Go with Royal Caribbean

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

2 out of 5

Didn’t get off. Was only there 5 hours.

Thumbs Up 0

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

The gangway wasn’t working so they disembarked by deck. Then it started working so they continued the process as such. They never called deck 9. We also opted for express because we had a flight to catch. We ended up carrying luggage down 2 flights of stairs. Had there been an emergency someone would of gotten hurt or trapped. It took us 1 and 1/2 hours to leave the ship. It was a mess and unacceptable.

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