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Departs New Orleans aboard Carnival Cruise Lines – Carnival Elation

Sailing Date(s): Jun 2013, Jul 2013, Aug 2013


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview Rough cruise by A Traveler from Thobofaux la Sailing date: Apr 2013 Pros: My room Cons: Food was not as good ad all my other criises Not as good ad my other crioses Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Was not impressed with food not as good ad other cruises Stateroom Quality This was the nicest thing on cruise, I had a great room Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Suite Cruise from HELL!! by Josh H from San Diego Sailing date: Aug 2009 Pros: Nothing Cons: The fact that they changed our destination, or the fact that your meals are HORRIBLE, I WILLL NEVER GO ON ANOTHER CRUISE AGAIN!!! THANK YOU CARNIVAL We were supposed to go to Cabo, granted there was a hurrican which I understand them changing the destination. BUT, I would have liked the opportunity to get my money back and just not go on the trip. They knew before we went we were not going to Cabo so instead after everyone gets on the ship and we take off they announce that we are going to go to Catalina Island and Encinada instead. If I wanted to go on that trip that is what I would have booked instead of Cabo. The meals were the same everyday for breakfast and lunch. You get your option of water, OJ, or tea for breakfast and lunch, everything else is at a extra charge. The only thing to do on the boat is drink and gamble which I REALLY like to do, but not the whole time. They had other really stupid activities like the hairy chest contest, the bean bag toss, there version of american idol., IT WAS PATHETIIC> DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 Ship Details: Ship Quality LOW RENT> EVERYTHING IS SUB-PAR Dining/Food If you like eating the same meal every day then this is the cruise for you Stateroom Quality I got a veranda room, basically the biggest one besides the Penthouse, basically it was the size of my bathroom at home. Ship Staff Quality They were actually pretty nice. Entertainment & Activities WEAK!!! They all basically childish activities. 4 out of 17 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside WASTE OF MONEY !!!!! by lizi from San Diego Sailing date: Mar 2009 Pros: NOTHING This cruise doesn't even rate a happy face from our experience and it wasn't what we consider a family cruise we would take children on. I felt bad for the families who had small children there. The crew is all smiles when you get on the ship but it was down hill from there... the food was horrible, a frozen tv dinner had more flavor... most of the crew couldn't answer any questions about where anything was located on the ship much less give directions on how to get there, it was disgusting on how staff pushed alcohol... shame on the cruise line for having contests to see what waiter could sell the most, ALL HAIL SPRING BREAK !!!! ... college kids everywhere, drunk out of their minds.. come aboard, we're glad to have you, here, have another drink. Not only was the service lacking in all aspects, the college kids were out of contol !!! Afight among drunk college kids took place outside our room, staff stood by and took no action, no ship security came. Half the time staff was joining in on their "fun" laughing the whole while. Partying, screaming and yelling up and down the hall all night long. It was like running the gauntlet to go from our room to the elevators with all the people in the hall. This is not an exxageration either!!! Fun ship???? Not for us...It was torture for 3 days and we couldn't get off the ship fast enough. The best thing about this experience was seeing the ship in our rearview mirror as we left the parking lot. Ship Details: Ship Quality Big ship, but not big enough for all the people it packs in. Dining/Food The only thing we ate that was any good was the cheesecake we paid for at the coffee bar, buffet and dining meals were horrible. Stateroom Quality Adequate and clean, nothing special about the room, could hear everything in the adjoining rooms. Ship Staff Quality The young lady we spoke to that worked at the coffee bar from the Ukraine was very nice but most everyone else didn't know anything about what was happening on the ship when asked questions and many had difficuty with the language barrier. Entertainment & Activities 4 out of 6 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Singles/friends Stateroom Type: Oceanview Cruises are a lousy camp for big kids by A Traveler from Louisiana Sailing date: Sep 2012 Pros: Food Cons: Crouds, group activitys, seems like u never left Ship was good.. Days at port to short and the native hound the tourist to buy junk... Overall I will not be going on cruise again it's a tourist trap.. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Singles/friends Stateroom Type: Inside For lovers of fast-food and boozing by A Traveler from Lansing, Michigan Sailing date: Mar 2012 Pros: great service Cons: the obnoxious drunks, and most of the food was worse than bad fast-food On the whole, the crowd that goes on these cruises appears to mostly be loud, obnoxious young men and women looking to get drunk, gamble, and hook up. This was during spring break season, though. I saw a boy who could not have even been eighteen years old so drunk that he dropped a mixed drink glass over a ledge to shatter on the floor below. Luckily, no one was standing there. The cruise was constantly pushing alcoholic drinks on everyone, and announcing drink specials. There were some families with children there as well, which helped balance things out. There were several "deals" offered by the cruise that were misleading, and almost con-like, such as their pricing scheme and discounts for buying photographs and internet minutes. These and many other aspects of this cruise felt almost insulting to an average person's taste and intelligence. I would never cruise with Carnival again. Ship Details: Ship Quality The ship decor was dated, loud, and glittery - quite literally like a carnival. The ship felt very small and crowded after a few days. It was hard to find an empty chair to lay out on, a lot of the time. The music was far too loud in the open deck up top. Annoying elevator style music was played in a few other public areas. The gym was decent, but there were only a handful of exercise classes at odd hours. Dining/Food The "formal" sit-down breakfast and dinner were pretty good, but the food served at all other times of the day in the all-day dining cafeteria was nearly inedible. It was clear they used the cheapest ingredients possible, and were aiming to an audience that likes bad pizza (worse than Dominos) and hamburgers (worse than most fast-food restaurants). The "omelettes" they made in the morning came from a carton, were drowned in oil, and the guy who cooked them would handle dirty items and "clean" his hands by washing water over them for one second and then drying them on a dirty cleaning towel. Stateroom Quality The worst part of the cruise, other than the food served 24/7 in the cafeteria, was the lack of ventilation in the "state rooms"/cabins, and even in some public areas. We smelled cigarette smoke and what smelled like raw sewage fumes wafting through the air on several occasions. Other than that, the state rooms were clean and relatively spacious. Ship Staff Quality On the plus side, everyone who worked on the ship was fairly nice and friendly. They are hired from all parts of the world. The staff were forced to do embarrassing, long dances every night at dinner, though, under obnoxious flashing lights. We felt bad for them. Entertainment & Activities The entertainment was extremely low brow, featuring a "hairy chest context" and a "mixed drink contest". They played the same films over and over again on the television, so there was not much entertainment to be found their either, except by watching local tv stations. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Group Stateroom Type: Suite "Lack-luster cruise" by Brittany H from Nashville, TN Sailing date: Jan 2012 Pros: The ports had many fun and reasonably priced activities located outside of the ship. Cons: The customer service on board was horrible. Overall, we were disappointment by this trip. The ship was outdated and poorly kept up. The staff was unfriendly and made everyone feel like they were in trouble. I have been on two other cruises before and had never had a poor experience like this. We have decided to either cruise with a different cruise line or try an all inclusive resort for next years trip. Ship Details: Ship Quality The ship was smaller and outdated compared to others I have been on. The hottubs were always luke warm. When requesting several times to increase the temperature, we were told to ask "so and so" the next day, which turned into a while goose chase. Dining/Food The food at the buffett was not good. Old baked goods, wilted veggies, and fruit that was too ripe to eat. The food was often times not prepared at the right temperater. I tried the potatoes a couple times to find them crunch and ordered a medium rare stake that came out well, well done. Overall, the food tasted like it had either been stored for way to long or not long enough. Stateroom Quality When I had booked the cruise, we were told that we would be in a suite with 2 lower beds, 1 upper bed, a pull out couch and a rollaway for me and my four friends. We were placed in a room that not only didn't fit that description at all, but were given a childs size roll away. In addition, we were only given two robes, two bath towels, and 4 beach towels. Each time we asked for more towels for the 5 of us, they would sneer at us. Ship Staff Quality The ship staff was not friendly at all. Unless we were ordering alcohol, the staff was extremely short with us. After a hot and busy day in cozumel, we asked for five glasses of water and were sneered at. In addition, the casino staff did there best to make everyone feel uncomfortable. The ship "security" make everyone feel like they were in trouble. We went to the "night club" one night and they made everyone feel so uncomfortable that nobody was dancing. Not the "fun ship" that they advertise. The only friendly service we recieved was from our head server in the evening dining. Entertainment & Activities The comedy shows were excellent. There was always a variety of fun activities to take part in. 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Suite Cruise was boring by Irma Shadmani from Birmingham Al Sailing date: Mar 2011 Pros: the day in Mexico Cons: being bored on the boat The weather was poor so the boat moved alot but there were not alot of activities on board to pass the time. Ship Details: Ship Quality nice Dining/Food ok Stateroom Quality good Ship Staff Quality great Entertainment & Activities bored to deat Read this user's port of call reviews: Cozumel, Mexico Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Cozumel, Mexico Great Don't Miss: Our guide David was amazing 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Oceanview A Little Disappointment by Morris C from Atlanta, GA Sailing date: Dec 2010 Pros: Nice Staffs & clean room Cons: All others This is our 3rd time w/ Carnival but 1st time from Mobile. The port is nice located. It is very easy to get in /out for driving. The parking deck is only several steps away & very convience. The terminal staffs are well trained & evrything is smooth & organizing. The staffs on the ship are also very nice & helpful (very quick). The room is nice & clean. However, all else like foods, entertament, organization, and so on are lower than our expectation. We mean to compare w/ our previous Carnival experiences even not w/ other cruise lines. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Children's Programs Read this user's port of call reviews: Cozumel, Mexico Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Cozumel, Mexico snorkeling or/and beaches. 3 out of 5 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside An Eh Cruise by Nathan P from Little Rock, IA Sailing date: Aug 2010 Pros: Dining Room Waiter and Stateroom Steward Cons: Everything else The ship was overcrowded. Pizza was the only thing that was open 24hrs; and they were not accommodating at all. We have a tomato allergy and they refused to make a sauceless pizza for us. If it wasn't for our head waiter and steward, our cruise would have been a bust. Ship Details: Ship Quality Not uncommon to see food laying on the stairs, etc. Dining/Food The dining room was wonderful. Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Cozumel, Mexico; Progreso (Merida), Mexico Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Cozumel, Mexico Don't Miss: Three Amigos Progreso (Merida), Mexico Not a very "nice" port. In a way, it seems like it is a new port so it's not a nicely developed. However, it seems like the city is trying to improve the quality of the port. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Oceanview Not for Everyone by James S. from MO Sailing date: Aug 2010 Pros: Cheap Cons: Entertainment, Childcare Staff, Food Ship was in great shape for age. Our stateroom was spacious for 2 adults and 3 children. Our room was always cleaned at our convenience. Was highly disappointed in the quality of the main dining food. The choices were hardly varied and look as if it was prepared 5 hours before and heated prior to being served. The Childcare staff and quality of entertainment was below adequate. Ship Details: Ship Quality Condition was great. For an older ship it lacks some of extra touches that newer ships have, but was well maintained. Dining/Food Selections were poor and didn't vary much from night to night. Quality was even more disappointing. Stateroom Quality Spacious and Clean Ship Staff Quality Staff was amazing....except for: A. Childcare Workers. They were not prepared and lacked enthusiasm to engage children. B. Assistant Cruise Director. Several occasions he said and provoked me to anger from the stage during the events he was in charge of. Entertainment & Activities Dancers were great. Singers were less than average. Not anything you would desire to take your children to. Comedian that was there was not funny....i passed on the R comedy. Children's Programs Check previous comments Read this user's port of call reviews: Cozumel, Mexico Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Cozumel, Mexico 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?
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