Somewhat Disappointed

Carnival Vista Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Vista

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 07, 2024

Ship: Carnival Vista

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7308

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

It was okay. I was very disappointed with our cabin and how they really didn’t accommodate us for the inconvenience and bad experience.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast process. Arrived at my check in time and the process was fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The main dining room sometimes served the same food that was in market place. Sometimes the food was bland and sometimes it was great.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The water slides were fun

Entertainment

5 out of 5
I attended the all white party, the 80’s glow party, Motown and my favorite The Love & Marriage Show

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
My room steward was Dennis he was great. He always greeted me by name.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I love how there is someone always cleaning on Carnival Ships. They do a great job and work very hard to keep the ship clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
I arrived to my cabin at 1:30 and immediately smelled mildew. I met my room steward Dennis who initially told me that the room was supposed to smell like that. I told him that I disagreed and he told me that he would have the room sanitized again. I removed my shoes and felt wet carpet. I told Dennis and he assessed the room and saw that the entire right side of the room carpet was soak and wet. There was a busted pipe outside the stateroom. They had to fix the pipe, dry the carpet and attempt to remove the mildew odor with a machine. The smell was removed temporarily but we smelled it our entire 6 days.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
The beach is beautiful but the food can be better. You have to use your sail & sign card to get drinks and if you purchased the drink package, you are charged for the expensive drinks, they don’t go towards the drink package you purchased

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
We did the 2 hour ATV excursion. It was amazing.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

pjgaston     4 months ago

I am sorry you had a bad experience with your cabin. We sailed on Vista in December. It is a great ship.

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

lsbs     4 months ago

Thanks for the review.

cruising2004     4 months ago

Thank you for your review.

javawoody     4 months ago

Sorry you had a bad cabin experience

anonomus1     4 months ago

I would've requested to fly home from the next port! My nose is extremely sensitive to scents/odors. We're doing the ATV as well! It's cool that you didn't let that situation ruin your vacation.

aballester59     4 months ago

Sorry for the bad cabin experience. Sounds like you enjoyed the rest of your cruise. Despite that, Carnival did what they could while at sea and they could have been gracious enough to have at least given you some onboard credits or something for the inconvenience of having to deal with the mildew/musty aroma.

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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