Carnival Vista Cruise Reviews - Reviews

We took this cruise just for the ship. It is a 2 year old ship and it came to Galveston and we decided to "ride" it. Been to the ports many times, so we enjoyed what the ship offered. A great cruise , lots of entertainment on it

The vista has a little bit of a different layout but its a very nive ship. Very clean and always something going on. Our cabin was on lido, second time having a cabin on lido and pefect for us, will always book on lido from now on. CD, Fun Squad and all the crew staff was amazing and friendly.

We have a great time on the vista, will definitely cruise again on this ship

This was a great trip for a family with kids. Mine are 5 and 10 and both kids enjoyed themselves.

Had good time on the cruise, but the ship design is horrible. All you do is wait, wait wait. Wait in the buffet, wait for pizza, wait for a guy burger, wait for everything. Bad designs, venues too small. Employees are great and friendly. Getting on and off was easy and fairly quick - better than most. Thermal Suites were a waste of money, nothing there and always packed - only 7 heated lounge chairs. But a fun time was had.

I’ll start this by saying I didn’t have to cook, clean or work so who am I to complain. That being said here’s my take on the vista. The atrium is dull. The LED funnel is cool but after awhile it kinda reminds me of a lava lamp. Call me old fashioned I guess I like the glass elevators and grand schemes on the conquest ships. Speaking of elevators we found the ones on this ship to be extremely slow. No matter what location you tried to use. We had a cove balcony this time, a first for us, and omg...absolutely loved it. The MDR was delicious. The lido was hit and miss. Guys burgers never disappoint. The steakhouse was fantastic as well. Matt Mitchum the cruise director did a great job and is definitely in a position that fits him well. The liquid lounge seats are small, very few tables and no incline to see over the people in front of you. The shows were just ok. The cast was only on week 2 of their contract so I’ll give them time to work out the bugs. The casino was good just not good to me. While the ship is bigger it seems like the spaces are smaller. The sports bar, piano bar, comedy club etc. there were lots of nooks and places to find and sit and relax on most decks. The electric violin trio was first rate talent. Simply amazing. Serenity deck was awesome, the salad bar they have at lunch is a beautiful spread. The hot tubs could be hotter but it certainly didn’t stop me. All in all had a good time

I throughly e joyed my cruise and is looking forward to my next cruise. I would recommend cruising to anyone.

it was a great cruise for me and my wife. enjoy cruise with carnival

Great food. Excellent coffee. Staff is very accommodating. Very clean. Our cruise director Matt was amazing!

Great ship but did not like the design (main atrium and theatre). As always, great cabin and great staff!

With all the noise about how wonderful the Vista was, we were disappointed in the layout and decor. Nothing glamorous about this ship at all

Awesome ship! Plenty of room to do whatever you need to do without feeling all jammed up! Will definitely go on the Vista again! Carnival is a great cruise line. I have never been disappointed!

So I’ve been back for a week now, life got super busy so I haven’t had time to write a review. First let me say I enjoyed every minute of my cruise, the ship was big and the first day was super confusing on how the ship and sail card worked and how everything was charged. Mark and Milon at the Alchemy bar were the best we were there every night. I love how they always have something going on. I won so many raffle prizes my biggest win was a 1700 dollar pearl necklace. The food was good no real complaints. The staff was nice and helpful, I don’t like how they add 18% gratuity on everything but it made sense and you do have the option to take it off which is good. The spa is super expensive glad they gave me a 50 dollar gift card for my birthday. They always have food so I definitely overate trying to try everything. I don’t have a favorite only because it’s food so nothing blew my mind I’m just glad it tasted good. I will be booking another soon. I want to try another line but I really enjoyed the Vista and I don’t want to be disappointed by another cruise line, so I’ll do Vista one more time then I’ll explore the other cruise lines.

We sailed the Vista January 6th to western Caribbean. We had a great time. Great ship. Awesome crew. Easy to navigate once you learned the layout. People complained about the casino and smoke but I didn't find any problem and smoke bothers me. Now the passengers were a different story. We ran I to quite a lot of grumpy folks. As long as you avoided them the rest were fine. Embarking and debarking were very smooth. The only bad point on the whole ship was guys barbeque. It was terrible. Need a Texas country boy to show them how barbeque should be. All the other eateries were very good. Never felt crowded and there were 4400 passengers. Take the Vista you'll like it.

Had a great time both times I've sailed on the Vista. Service was great and the room was amazing. The food is good but not great. I recommend going to the Steakhouse and Jijis. Behind The Fun Tour was well worth the money, and we got to learn a lot of interesting info. The Havana area is definitely worth the extra money. Don't think I'll be able to reserve any other cabin while sailing the Vista class.

I liked the food but allot of things seemed over crowded and rushed.

Ok, I need to know... is this ship as bad as everyone is saying. This will be our 5th Carnival cruise and just alittle worried...were the type of people who are thankful we just get to go on vacation. Just curious. TIA

book the swimming with the dolphins and the sting ray captain jack excursion,,,,,so much fun ,,,,,,had a wonderful super time!!!!

Just got off the New Year 2019 Cruise on the Vista. I’m going to do as detailed as a review as I can so I’m going to section it off so you all can read details where you want. I am also going to give a 1-5 star rating on each section. Dinning 4 Stars Most of the food on the ship was great! Nothing was absolutely amazing but having been in multiple cruise lines I think it was on par if not slightly above the last few I have been on. We ate in the Dinning room most nights and every night there were at least one or two items we wanted all wanted to try and most items were delicious. We also did the steakhouse on NYE. It was good. Not fabulous. It was slow service compared to JiJis or the dining room. The food was good but just good not great. JiJis was also good not great. Some things were absolutely amazing and some were meh. Lastly the buffet. I found it pretty terrible for a carnival cruise. There were four different lines but they all had the same 5-6 dishes and most of the time they were not good. So overall the food was great but was lacking in Some areas. Entertainment 5 Stars We went to the Playlist show and it was so much fun! We were singing along and just having a great time. We also went to most of the comedy shows and enjoyed them all. We never sat second floor in the liquid lounge but did see that weird blue glass up there. We sat in the middle and edges in the liquid first floor and never had a problem seeing. The comedy club in the limelight lounge seating was 50/50. Sitting in the middle was great but if you go to far to the edges on the sides you can not see the stage and you end up watching the screens provided instead. Nightlife 2 Stars The night club sucked. Being a young 20 year old that is something I look forward to. They turn the limelight lounge into the night club and the bar is slow. There also was never more than 20 people dancing at a time and then you had people just sitting around the edges watching. It was odd. I also didn’t find the DJ to be more than a guy just playing the music. The Casino is where I spent most of my time after 11:30pm because that’s when everything else around the ship pretty much ends. Staff 5+ Stars The staff was absolutely amazing. Day one we met a waiter on the back of the ship Named Rachel. She would see us anywhere from the pool deck to the comedy clubs to the shows and always gave us outstanding service. We absolutely loved her! Our dining room staff (enter names) were fantastic. We had a big group and they also had us served in a timely manner. They would go out of their way for extra items and even would bring us the extra appetizers to try. Lastly the Dealers in the casino. I had two that stuck in my head. I played Blackjack and Roulette with them both. Paolo from Peru was funny and so friendly. He would say hi to me when I was just walking by and try and get me to play the table. I would then find him up getting pizza before going to bed and he also made sure to say hi. Dennis was also amazing. He would mess with me and make fun of my mistakes (which were often in blackjack as I was learning). He then make Roulette so much fun the last night I went and got more money to play the table longer with him. (Both of them took lots of my money so yes they do their job well and I need to learn to gamble better). Room Steward 1 Star I separated this out from the staff because this was the only staff we didn’t like. To start day one out beds were together. No biggie we talked to guest service and they said it would be fixed that night. It wasn’t. Again not a huge deal. We left to room with 3 notes. Once for the beds to be separated, one for ice to be left and a third with a tip on it. We came back that evening to get ready for dinner and the room had not been touched. So we had no clean towels to get ready for formal night and our beds were still together. We had to go down the hall for towels and call the head of guest services to get the room cleaned that night. The whole week we never had enough towels. Even when we asked for me. Is it now the new normal on carnival to only come once a day? It’s been a few years since my last carnival cruise but I removed them coming twice a day like on the other cruise lines. Embarking/Disembarking 4 Stars Getting in the first day was great we didn’t ever have a weight. Getting off the last days was obnoxious. You waiting forever to get on an elevator when your floor was finally called and then you waited for about another 20 Minuets before you even got off the ship. The wait was not what bothers me most. It was being In wall to people. It was not exaggerated that the one of the few on this cruise that you realized how many people were on that ship was during disembarkation. Jamaica 4 Stars We did the bamboo raft excursion and it was a fun relaxing experience. It was neat to see Jamaica from that view. The bus ride was only about 20 minuets each way and the tour guide was great. Would definitely suggest this tour. It was also interesting in this port that we were late getting in. So the long tours (Dunn’s river falls) were all late returning. The ship waited no problem however it was freaky for those on those tours traveling because they were driving around Jamaica in the dark with police escorts apparently not stopping at stop signs, lights and speeding on busses so they didn’t enjoy that part much. Grand Cayman 2 Stars The port it’s self was nice. We did the Stingrays and run point beach. Stingrays are a must in this port. However I wish our tour had only been the stingrays. It was a waste of time to go to the beach. We had a little over and hour and since our excursion met super early not many of us ate breakfast. The beach was the first chance for food. We waited for over an hour after ordering and was told it would still be another 20 minuets. They knew when we sat down that there was a group excursion that had pre paid for food that was in front of us in line (even though we were there first) and didn’t ever tell us. We eventually got our money back for our drinks and left because our tour was leaving. It was a waste of time on the beach (that we never got to even enjoy) and a bigger waste of time boating over to the beach and then boating back to the island. Then when returning to the ship Cozumel 5 Stars We did Mr. Sancho’s and it was awesome. Great food, great service and just a fun atmosphere. We enjoyed it so much we came home and made reservations for them on our next cruise in March.

Best Carnival ship so far. Very contemporary design. Lots of dining and entertainment options. Cove balcony was great. Be sure to download the Carnival Hub app to your phone. It makes it easy to find activities and includes maps to guide your way.