Vista is Huge but Never Felt too Crowded

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 4.3
Author: RobTenFam

Carnival Vista Cruise Review

RobTenFam

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 67

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 29, 2022

Ship: Carnival Vista

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

If you can, book a cruise over Halloween. It was fantastic fun! The costume contest was pretty lame but the people really came to show out including us! We will absolutely try to cruise over Halloween again.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Took a long time to get through but that’s normal from my experience.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Overall we really enjoyed the choices on the ship. We ate mostly in MDR and most dishes were hits. I really enjoyed the Indian fare when wanting something different. Service was decent. Those folks really hustle. Guy’s Burgers is always a treat and we love the breakfast burritos at Blue Iguana. There was our first time dining at 555 steakhouse. Service and ambiance were wonderful but neither of us could taste our food. It was at that point we realized we had gotten COVID at some point during cruise (we were at night 5 of 7 when at the steakhouse). We really enjoyed getting a salad on Serenity deck

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Halloween was a blast! Don’t miss the love and marriage show on ANY cruise. Loved all the theme nights which we always get into.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

I have to say though the Dream is smaller we felt that Vista felt less crowded likely due to layout. Bravo Carnival! Was surprised that Vista was already showing signs of wear but that’s a lot of people going through that ship every week. It was kept clean though.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had a spa balcony and loved it. Great room and had copious amounts of storage.

Ship tip

We prefer the spa area on this ship to the newer class of ships that have it down in the bowels of the boat. The views add to the peaceful ambiance.

Thumbs up

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Waiting to get off the ship took a bit of time but we zipped right through with face recognition.

Vista is Huge but Never Felt too Crowded

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