Carnival Vista Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Will think twice before using carnival again! Too much work to enjoy evening meals and only one good theatre show.

I will never do carnival again. You get what you pay for.

Repeat cruiser with Carnival. This was the worst as far as food. Maybe things have changed after Covid. This ship was not enjoyable. Choose one of the others

This was our first cruise. We normally do adult only all inclusive. Don’t know if we would do another cruise. Definitely not on Vista. Ryan the room attendant, Adi in Red frog brewery and the entertainment in the brewery was best part of trip.

Overall our cruise experience was fantastic! Would do it again!

Very poor ship design. Main issues were shortage in restrooms and horrible buffet. Sadly, this was my 7th and, most likely, final cruise sailing on Carnival. I’ve sailed on over 20 cruises on different cruise lines. This has to be the worst cruise I’ve ever taken.

We had a large group of 11, with 5 kids and everyone had a great time. The food was well above par for this type of cruise. The staff was amazing.

Carnival is not what it used to be. Understood, they have lost millions due to pandemic, but don't take it out on your paying passengers! No mention or gratitude whatsoever for returning gold members that spend thousands right after pandemic. Service has dropped in half. No free in room dining or night turn down service is really not acceptable.

This itinerary is amazing I have done it four times now and we’ll do it again

Had fun and enjoyed the food and activities. Ma Mun and service was great. No complain. The cruise director was great fun and entertaining. He is very humble. It was easy to get on and off the ship.

Fun cruise if your going to relax and enjoy time away.

This ship needs to be fixed.. we didn’t stay our normal time at Cayman Islands nor Cozumel and I feel like we should get some kind of compensation for the inconvenience… also I feel like Diamond and Platinum guests should be the 1st people off the ship instead of adding people that carry all their luggage off the ship because most of them are lying. And the salad bar needs to be moved somewhere else.. Royal Caribbean never has a long line because they spread out their buffet.. and they only have one dining room

Cruise was good. Calm seas for the most part. Layout of the ship was odd and difficult to get used to.

This cruise gave me the chance to unwind and relax after a couple stressful years.

I regret going and will not sail with Carnival again. My real rating for the outing is 1 star out of 5. Staff was friendly and tried. Cheap food and very expensive drinks which they charged you 18% to hand to you was horrible.

Overall good first experience. I think we may try cruising again to see if the next experience will be even better.

I love Carnival because it is a consistent cruise experience with amazing staff and drinks as well as the kids program being amazing. I would say, I expected more from the bigger ship activity wise but I do think that it's just being underutilized by the cruise director when it comes to engaging adult activities rather than just trivia. If you leave from Galveston, just be prepared for horrible parking and embark/debark but once you are on the ship it's much more relaxing. Lastly, kids definitely dominated the hot tubs so if that is important to you I would recommend considering paying the $149 for the private adult hot tubs.

As a group of 10 (8 adults and 2 tweens) we had a great time. There was a little bit for everyone - comedy, piano bar, and live music; burgers to fine dining, lobster and midnight pizza and ice cream. The Vista is a nice ship - just not as "open", or so it seemed. Pools, hot tubs, Serenity area were all really nice (I loved the salad selections at Serenity) We didn't work out - but did get a massage - and the spa was relaxing.

Boarding was quick, the new muster station drill was so much easier especially with a 5 year old. We tried family harbor for the first time and really loved it, the 1 free night of night owls was a great plus with the room. We really enjoyed the ports. Of course it wouldn’t have been great without Leeann’s help planning and booking!

The waitstaff and Cozumel stop were the best parts