Carnival Holiday

Pros: Great Time/Great Service
Cons: Bar Bill

Cruising on the cruise ship Holiday, run by Carnival Cruises, is an excellent experience I would recommend to anyone wishing to try the world of cruising for the first time.

Carnival's Holiday is a fun ship out of Los Angeles California....

Pros: Inexpensive and fun
Cons: None

A few months ago my friend and I were joking about how much fun it would be to go on a cruise. We were joking about going on a 3 day Mexico cruise and how cheap they were, how much fun it would be to go with another couple friend of ours. The joke...

Pros: Affordable Holiday, far from home
Cons: Ship needs refurbishing and new/better stablilizers

Those of you who have read my San Francisco review know I can be a tough vacation critic. When I pays my money, I wants my moneys worth. That is what I got with Holiday.

Carnival Holiday has many pros and cons and I will try to write a...

Pros: Great shipboard experience for the first time cruiser
Cons: Ensenada requires a negotiations type person

Carnival's Holiday was my first cruise in April of 1998. I hadn't yet purchased the Idiots Guide to Cruising yet, so all I had to go on was word of mouth. What I wasn't prepared for was how bad Ensenada is if you aren't the 'haggler' type.

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Pros: Inexpensive, Great Food and Service
Cons: So-so ports and pushing of drink specials

Sometimes I think planning for a trip is alot of the enjoyment. I did my research via Frommer's, Fodor's and Sealetter (great website), and therefore was not disappointed with my first cruise. We picked MS Holiday, one of the oldest and smallest...

Pros: Main dining room meals and service
Cons: Buffet food and most food in Wharf Grill

After researching my first "mini" cruise on Carnival's Holiday, I wasn't expecting the food on my 4 Day October 1999 cruise to be anything more than "cafeteria plus" or "buffet" quality. Because the dining experience is...

Pros: Food, Laid back atmosphere, Ocean, Service
Cons: Children, Whining tourists, Some things not included

Sail date: 7/15/02

First of all, I need to ask you two sets of questions:

Question List #1 (Do you have the temperament for cruising?)

* Are you a whiner?
* Do you find yourself frequently "sending back" food at...

Pros: Itinerary, Cost, Food Quality, Service, Weather, Entertainment.
Cons: Embarkation*, Ship's Age, Drink Costs

We booked a five day trip on the Holiday, the second week of May, sailing from New Orleans to Playa del Carmen, and Cozumel, then spent two days in the French Quarter on our own. We were particularly excited about this itinerary because we both wanted...

Pros: Great staff
Cons: size of ship, lack of activities

Our first cruise on Feb 5, 2004, was both good and bad. Great ship, but the weather out and back was terrible. We booked our cruise on the Holiday out of New Orleans. We had never cruised before, and were excited to experience it. Boarding: ...

Pros: Coziness of the ship and the people
Cons: the band in Doc Holidays

Carnival Holiday 3/24/03 return 3/29/03- Five Day cruise to Cozumel and Playa Del Carmen -
You know I just can't understand how people can complain about a cruise. Before we get into the review, here's a helpful hint if you are planning on taking...

Pros: Layout of boat is great and staff displays general concern
Cons: Food, detail of service, embarkment process, entertainment, ship sailing performance.

To Whom It May Concern:

The purpose of this review is to inform you of my negative experiences as a first time cruise passenger during a recent cruise with Carnival Cruise Lines. My wife, who accompanied me, had traveled four times with...

Pros: Food, service, stewards, schedule, visited ports
Cons: Cheesy decor, heavy shopping push, very few native English-speakers on staff

This is my first vacation review, so please bear with me as I plow through it. My first cruise on ...

Pros: All that you wanted in one neat package, Great food, Great service, Many fun activities onboard
Cons: Too little time to enjoy everything...

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) is one of the largest in the cruise line business. You can trust them. Being that this was my very first cruise in my life, you're probably thinking that I'm going to over-rate it. You're...

Pros: Good value for the money, with excellent ports of call.
Cons: Older ship with mediocre cuisine.

Beginning on June 2, 2001, Carnival's Holiday will be doing a Southern Caribbean itinerary, replacing the Fascination, departing San Juan, Puerto Rico and calling on St. Thomas, Tortola, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados and St. Kitts. I recently sailed on...

Pros: Upbeat staff, smaller ship with better service, but not overcrowded.
Cons: Cuisine not mouth watering, typical "Carnival spring break cruisers."

New Orleans has never been a traditional port used widely throughout the cruise industry, although, that is beginning to slowly change thanks in part to local political/economic efforts and commercial risk takers in the field such as Carnival Cruise ...