Sweltering Caribbean Cruise

Item: Carnival Vista
Rating: 4.3
Author: Seabliss23

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Seabliss23

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 15, 2024

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9231

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

The cruise was fun. It was very overcrowded, and very hot throughout the entire ship. Only a handful of places on board was the air conditioning working. The servers, stewards, and staff were very friendly. The people that ran the art auctions were absolutely wonderful, funny and great to be around.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Embarkation was easy and on time

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The buffets were not well stocked, and the dining room food was subpar to other Carnival cruise ships we've been on.

Guy's Burger Joint

3 out of 5

The food was good when you could get it. They closed early a few times and were short staffed.

Heroes Tribute Bar

5 out of 5

Hero's was a fantastic place to meet up with our group each day and have drinks. Loved the green beret drink. We just wish it was a bit bigger so we could have plenty of seating. Seats and tables were tough to come by.

JavaBlue Café

5 out of 5

Javablue had excellent coffee choices and the staff was always so friendly and fun to see every day.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Scottish Dancing , and all of the deck parties were so much fun. Gary is by far the very best cruise director in all of cruise directors.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Flick was an amazing show, and the performers were great during pictures with them after the show.

Art Gallery

5 out of 5

The art auctions and seminars were a great time. We have never done this on a cruise and it was a lot of fun. The staff were very knowledgeable and fun to work with.

Children's Programs

Did t have little children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our room Steward Su for room 9231 was the absolute best!! Very friendly, engaging, and on top of everything. Our waiter Tuki in the restaurant was the best! He was so funny and accommodating. We loved every night with him.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

It was a good design. It the entire ship was hot. The air conditioning was not working in the ship or our cabin. It was just hot everywhere you went.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The room was always cleaned well, and it was spacious. However...it was always hot and stuffy because the air conditioning wasn't working well at all. We got very little relief in the room temperature wise.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very easy. Only problem we had was none of our bags were in the area our bag tags said they would be. We had to search for them and found them in multiple areas no where near where we were supposed to get them.

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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lsbs 5 months ago

Thanks for the review.

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javawoody 5 months ago

Appreciate the post

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Gheemaster38 5 months ago

The heat is why I only cruise in the winter. That in the fact it had been less crowded.. well, until I started bragging about it in social media.

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natelorip 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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ericbran 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cruising2004 5 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful time, except for lack of A/C. Thank you for your review.

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Gwbigdog 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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karlgrgurich 5 months ago

Oooh. Don’t think I’d like that heat!!

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HeavySeas 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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