Wind/waves were not our friend

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 3.7
Author: karmen0374

Carnival Vista Cruise Review

karmen0374

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 119

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 13, 2023

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9202

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

I love cruising and will continue to cruise. I will never book a room at the very front of the ship again. This was a good cruise. We only watched 1 show and just enjoyed hanging out on deck 5.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Check in to onboard within 20 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

I did not enjoy the buffet. Part of it was shut down during busiest of times. Main dining was good. The menu has changed some and my favorite sweet n sour shrimp and strawberry bisque was removed from night 1 menu.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our room steward I Wayan was so sweet and kept our extra towels and ice always in our room. Wait staff were very friendly and always asking if we needed anything.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

The cabin overall would have been perfect however we had very rocky seas and high winds so the motion was extreme and that also made the outside deck noisy. After 14 cruises this was the first time my husband got seasick.

Ship tip

Please if you use your time dining or go to breakfast check in on your app and wait until your table is ready to come to the dining room.

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Extremely disorganized! We carry off our luggage and we’re fortunate that we were allowed to join the line with priority. Some passengers were not able to disembark for hours.

7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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Catcruise70 11 months ago

Thank you for sharing your experience!

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lsbs 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 11 months ago

Appreciate the review

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Sorry to hear about your rocky experience. Thank you for your review.

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RetiredRay 11 months ago

I do not care for the vista class buffet in general. Certain forward cabins can be nice, except in the heavy weather you experienced, which is why I try to stay in the center half of the ship. Sounds like a decent trip overall despite the ongoing ‘no cutbacks’ reducing/deleting favorite things.

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