Carnival Vista Review

4.5 / 5.0
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I think they are trying too hard

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Vista
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azjeffy
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Sep 2017
Cabin: Cloud 9 Spa Balcony

I was really expecting better from this ship. I think they are trying to cram too much stuff into a "small" ship. I liked having the IMAX on board, but hated that it made the Atrium feel more like a shopping mall. The IMAX is where they Atrium and glass elevators used to be. Everywhere just seemed more crowded on the ship, the layout isn't great.

THE BAD:

The Atrium is small now and they do a lot of events there. That creates a ton of people standing around to watch and creating a lot of congestion around the large amount of stores on the ship. It was even hard getting down the stairs, because people were lined up on those to watch too.

Cabin Review

Cloud 9 Spa Balcony

Cabin 8S

It was a nice cabin, but had a body odor smell to it. (So did my friends Spa Balcony). Something to keep in mind about this cabin is that it is across the hall from a service closet. They were in there a lot, and it could be a bit noisy at times, but not too bad. We could hear the Dive in Movies on the balcony, but not inside the cabin.

The cabin AC worked amazingly well. I was very happy about that, sometimes that is a big challenge. A great feature is that the cabins on this ship have USB charges built in, that was awesome.

Port Reviews

La Romana (Casa de Campo)

It was really fun, Monkeyland was awesome!

Curacao

We just walked around Curacao and loved it. We sat at a couple of bars, and then walked across the bridge. On the other side, we found a sidewalk cafe and tried some local food. It was great!

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