Carnival Elation Cruise Reviews

I have cruised on RCL before and have always heard that Carnival is the Walmart of cruises. We just wanted a quick trip out of our home port of New Orleans and RCL does not do less than 7 days so we figured we would try it out. We took a 4 day cruise to Cozumel. I hate to say that everyone was right. The ship is very dated ( scheduled to be drydocked for referbishments OCT 2014) and it shows ...

Plenty of food, but was just, "okay", nothing to rave about. Pool?? DISGUSTING!!! No bigger than a bath tub, have to climb way up to get into, and was very small for a ship with that many people on it. Hot tub?? was a joke! 4 people and you were elbow to elbow with each other, crammed in there. TERRIBLE! If you are unable to get around,wheelchair,etc. or can't get off the ship when it docks you ...

First off - a cruise is exactly what you make of it. This is our third time sailing on the Elation and her sister ship, the Ecstasy (8/4/14 - 8/9/14). Yes they are dated, and yes, they are some of the smaller cruise ships in the fleet. You will get past the dated decor after the first day so don't let that bother you. But here is a great advantage of the smaller ships - you will meet the most ...

If a humid rooms, sewer smelling hallways, drunks and bland food is your game then this ship has it in spades! This is only my second cruise ever. Compared to the Carnival Sensation the Carnival Elation was not nearly as well pressed a ship. Some of the staff were borderline arrogant. The Camp Carnival was borning for my kids and the staff kept pushing them back on me the first two days. The food ...

We had a wonderful time on the Elation August 9-14. There were good and less-than-good things about it, but as we said before, there's no such thing to us as a "bad" cruise! The Elation is an older ship, which we knew, but the only way you could really tell that was from our cabin...no couch (just a backless stool under the desk/dresser), very old tv set, chips in the paint/porcelain in the ...

Have been on two cruises and the first was wonderful. This one on the Elation was terrible! The glass elevators were out of service the WHOLE cruise so the other elevators were completely overloaded and did not work half the time!! Workmen were constantly repairing things in the hallways...The food was lackluster, even in the dining room! The lido deck food was sparse to non existent with the ...

Before I left I read these worthless reviews and expected something horrible. My experience couldn't be further than what is written here. What a great time! People it's a vacation, your every dream isn't going to come true. People From what I was told Carnival Cruises are party boats. Not true, more like family vacations. What I found was a nice mix of everyday people looking to relax, eat, and ...

I should start by saying the only other cruise line I have sailed in is Disney. I prepared myself before hand not to expect the Disney level of anything and I was still very disappointed. My biggest complaint was that smoking is allowed inside the ship. Smoking was allowed at a bar on deck 9 as well as the casino next to the bar. Deck 9 is a main passageway on this ship and the smoke permeates ...

We got back from our trip to Cozumel & Progreso on July 26, this entire cruise sucked! It was a total disappointment. From the food to the entertainment. The kids that were on the boat had more fun then the grown ups. Who wants to go on a cruise to play trivia games all day? This cruise is for a much older crowd and for families. A lot of the people I talked to said they would not chose this ship ...

My wife, 20 year old daughter, and I just returned from the Carnival Elation cruise on July 26th. We were all extremely pleased. The food was very good, the service was excellent, and I do not understand the critics who apparently were so unhappy with this cruise. We read many negative reviews before departing and were quite concerned. However, I kept asking our tablemates and my family "who are ...