Nice people, bad ship

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Carnival Vista

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 13, 2023

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9366

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I would not go on Vista again and don't recommend.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
They didn't take the safety messaging serious in their delivery

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Terrible buffet. Same food every day. Eggs take like dishwasher. Serve you drinks in sippy cup looking things, no space, etc. The italian restuarant was horrible. It took 1 hour and 15 min to get our first drink. We paid $15 to cork a bottle and took her 45 min to pour it.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
The pools are small, no rock climbing. Boring ship.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Good cruise Director. She needed a bigger team. More live music needed around the ship

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
They were tired. However, my room steward, Natalia was the best I have ever had. Fantastic.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Dirty, expect sleeping quarters.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room smelt like dirty sheets, the balcony door sucked. Would rather have a sliding door, my curtains had holes in them, but the beds and linens were fantastic.

Ship tip

Don't

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Horrible. They tried a new process, so we had to sit in hallway for 3 hours.
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12 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

cgriffis3150    1 year ago

I'm guessing you have never been on a Carnival Cruise before.

belfy    1 year ago

Have cruised on Vista and one of my favorites

Pheznt55    1 year ago

I guess anything can be bad if you want it to be. It’s cruising not a 5star hotel.

lsbs    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

rerob4262    1 year ago

You have sailed on Vista three times, and they didn't have rock climbing of your first cruise on the Vista ship. Why would you be disappointed on your third cruise on Vista for something that never existed 😒

ggeane    1 year ago

If your room steward was as great as you say, why didn’t you ask her to change the sheets? You do know that you can get eggs cooked anyway that you want, and not have to get them from the buffet pan

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

dsrsdsrs    1 year ago

I forgot to add that we also came home and tested positive for Covid after our April 29th Cruise!

dsrsdsrs    1 year ago

I have to agree with you….third time on the Vista and it’s our least favorite ship. We came back April 29th and called and cancelled our October cruise on the Vista. Our room on deck 8 also had a lot of holes in the curtains, our air would shut off for several hours. We also thought the food overall was not very good except for the Steakhouse. We even thought Guys burgers weren’t as good as usual and we have always loved Guys! Won’t be doing this ship again!

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. True there are no climbing walls on any Carnival ship. However, the Vista has a reasonable Sports Square with a ropes course and Sky Ride. Confused about what “safety messaging” you are talking about for embarkation. Sorry you were so disappointed.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

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