Carnival Vista Review
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We were celebrating my daughter's 10th wedding anniversary with a large group of family and friends. She chose the ship. We have sailed Carnival in the past, happily.
Embarking at Galveston was a mess. Traffic is poorly managed. We had to finally leave the line on a side street near a crosswalk in front of the Terminal to unload because we had moved little in a half-hour and needed to return rental vehicles before one o'clock. At the terminal a Carnival worker told us to go down to the far end in hopes of finding a porter in a bright tropical shirt to take our luggage. We finally spied one and had to ask him to take our luggage - lucky we travel light with roller duffels. (The break room we passed was full of lunching porters.) Actually getting on board ship was efficient enough, and it would have been nice for someone to mention we would get our ship cards at our room.
The ship was nice on first impressions. We wandered around until our cabin was ready. Our luggage was already there. Good start. Food in Lido was good. Better start. Plenty of seating. Who could ask for more? Checked out the ropes and skycycles. Played mini-golf. Took kids to the central pool for a swim.
Cabin Review
Porthole
If you don't mind explosive hull noise, or the early morning noise and vibration from the ship's thrusters as it docks in port, or the brass band warming up in the basement on some days, the cabin is otherwise just fine.
Port Reviews
Galveston
A mess both boarding and returning.
Roatan
Great day, again, with Bodden. Kids loved the moneys, parrots and sloths to touch and hold.
Belize City
Second time with Butts Up. Second time we fully enjoyed ourselves.
Cozumel
It's Cozumel...we went down the street from the port to Bubba Gumps, ate lunch, swam, let the kids feed the fish, and stopped for a few drinks with obligatory balloon hats at El Chile.