Carnival Cruise Lines - Elation Review

Overall 4.03 of 5 view all 66 reviews

Cherylr96
Thousand Oaks, CA

Carnival Cruise on Elation from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas

budget conscious traveler

Pros

affordable, all the food you want--included, Low cost, unpack only once, Food was good

Cons

Rowdy passengers, Entertainment

JUL

2008

When we tried to get into our room upon first boarding the ship, our key would not open the room. After a few minutes contemplating the situation and trying to figure out why we couldn't open the door, a young couple opened the door. They were in our room. We asked how they got in there and they stated that one of the cruise ship staff let them in. We were furious! They had been rolling around in our bed, used our bathroom, and sampled the snacks in our room. We went to the help desk and let them know what had happened. They said they would send in housekeeping to clean the room again...that's it! That is all they did to make up for the situation that was their fault. The customer service was definitely lacking. Otherwise, the cruise was a little boring for my taste. Mostly younger rowdy crowd at the pool. The music on the ship was loud everywhere. No peace and quit anywhere except for the room. Not as relaxing as I would have liked. Our waiter at dinner service every night was fabulous though. Very friendly and accommodating. I also didn't like having to be squished at a table for breakfast with random strangers. We always seemed to get the hung-over or still drunk younger passengers to deal with at breakfast.