Carnival Celebration

Pros: Customer service, price, suite.
Cons: No Key West stop, but not really their fault. The food was not outstanding.

I have to admit, after reading some of the reviews about Carnival Celebration, I was starting to get a little worried about our Spring Break cruise. But since I am a firm believer in making the best out of everything, I let that line of thinking take ...

Pros: Fabulous value, lots of activities, clean and comfortable
Cons: Some bored workers, Key West is scary for families

My husband and two sons (ages 10 and 12) recently returned from a 5-day trip on the Celebration from 12/30 through 1/4/07. We had a great trip and consider this to be one of the best “value” vacations we have ever taken. We booked this New Year’s ...

Pros: Crew, Food, Entertainment, Alcohol
Cons: Short stay in Cozumel, it's a ship, it's an older ship

To begin with, the cruise was very cheap for us. It was $279 plus other expenses. I never do those "look at our land and we'll give you a cruise" things, but my wife made me. After jumping through a lot of hoops, we got our free cruise. Of course you ...

Pros: Very inexpensive for a cruise; good food; great service; nice staterooms; great first time cruise.
Cons: Old, small ship; one bland port of call, one touristy & crowded; not many amenities.

I just returned today from my first cruise with Carnival cruise lines, on board the Celebration. (Prior to this I had been on one other, with Royal Caribbean. Both were to the Bahamas.) It was a 5-day/4-night cruise out of Jacksonville, FL. Our ports of ...

Pros: Good food and lots of it, great waiter and cabin steward
Cons: Poor management, bad excursions, expensive drinks

This was our second cruise on Carnival. The first was on the Fantasy in the Bahamas. It was excellent. This one was horrific. I can not recommend this cruise to anyone in good conscience. If you are a first time cruiser, have infinite patience, or zero...

Pros: Close to Houston and Dallas (no airfare). Good schedule. Fun time.
Cons: Debarkation. Ship vibration.

Cruise Ship: Celebration Line: Carnival Dates: 3/4/04 thru 3/8/04 Thurs at 4:00 PM to Monday at 11:30 AM Ports: Cozumel, Mexico Travelers: Two Adults, 50 year old Two 14 year old girls Port: Galveston, TX Cabin: E158 (yellow) Outboard ...

Pros: Cheap.
Cons: Poor food. Sloppy "white trash" crowd. Overpriced beverages. Terrible travel coordination.

This was not my first cruise. I mention this simply to give credential to the comparisons that I make in this review.

My wife and I booked the Celebration between 11/4 - 11/9/2002 hoping for an easy, affordable getaway from our tiring jobs....

Pros: Great prices; perfect for the first time cruiser.
Cons: Older ship.

I had a chance to sail on the Celebration two months ago. I really enjoyed my trip, and unlike many of my cruises, it was made strictly for pleasure. I found the ship in great shape, and her staff eager to please. Although I tend to be somewhat critical...

Pros: Camp Carnival is wonderful. No one goes hungry. Great stateroom service. No worries.
Cons: Ship shows age a bit, crew pleads case for tips a bit too zealously.

This was our first cruise and we can't wait to go again. We sailed from Jacksonville, Fl. on Oct. 20, 2007 for 5 days and 4 nights. Welcome or warning? This cruise attracts a lot of southerners. If you generally like people from the South, then you ...

Pros: Great price for a short getaway.
Cons: You get what you pay for. The basics of cruising.

We took a 5-night trip on Carnival Celebration out of Galveston, Texas, 9/14/02-9/19/02. For those of you who like quick reviews, here’s a quick rundown:

SHIP: fair to good
FOOD: fair
SERVICE: good
ITINERARY: fair
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Pros: price,social events crew
Cons: drink price, food, attitudes

My wife and I were first time cruisers and wanted a cheap, fast, and fun vacation. We heard that Carnival Cruises was a good quality vacation. We opted for the five day cruise with two ports of call, Cozumel and Calica. Our vacation began on November 09,...

Pros: Inexpensive, great stops, leaves from Texas, fun
Cons: ship is shopworn

My family and I cruised on a the Celebration from November 19 to November 24, 2001, from Galveston to Cozumel and Calica (near Cancun). Our party consisted of my
wife, our 13 year old son, and our 21 year old nephew. We were assigned cabins U160,...

Pros: Dining, service, live music, friendly passengers, and you're actually on a boat.
Cons: Seasickness, anticlimactic ride home

My wife and I took our first cruise on 12/11/03 from Galveston, TX to Cozumel, Mexico: a 4-day cruise aboard the Carnival Celebration. The Celebration was completely refurbished several months earlier. It's one of the older, smaller, and cheaper cruise ...

Pros: none
Cons: sexual crimes, treatment of workers, pollution

Despite wide coverage in the mainstream media about the lawlessness and moral corruption of cruise lines operating in the U.S., I can see from the number of cruise line reviews here that most Americans remained either ignorant or apathetic about the...

Pros: Dining Room staff fun. Check-in staff fast, friendly. Excellent broadway show.
Cons: SHIP BOUNCED VIOLENTLY, Yucky buffet, food never hot, lame on-deck parties

I've been on two cruises; first on Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas and next on Carnival's Celebration.

I've come to the conclusion that Royal Caribbean is like Hyatt Regency on the Seas... Carnival is more like Motel 6.

One...