Carnival Paradise Cruise Reviews

3.5 / 5.0
989 reviews
The Paradise Atrium and bar. Always busy
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Just passed under the Sunshine Skyway!
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Paradise next to the Dream at Cozumel
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Our nightly ding table!
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Least entertaining ship I have ever experienced.
"Carnival Paradise is not a bad ship.There is always something going on, on the ship, however, the cruise was rather boring...."Read More
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2-5 Cruises

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Very disappointed

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Knights Life
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

I will start by saying the staff was nice. But... Our room smelled like sewage and arm pits. The food was disgusting every night. There were no activities. This ship is old and very out dated. We had a family of five. Our king bed was two twin beds unevenly put together. Our children beds were in the wall, it took over 2 hours for someone to come and assist with pulling them out. I have cruised ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Traveled with children


No so good

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Jumangi
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

This cruise was very disappointing for us,the cabin smells like urine all the time ,the adults got a small swimming pool,plus for the area for kids as a call them “water work” doesn’t have a pool for little ones instead they have one big slide and three little ones actually I never been at this rate of worst cruise ever ,the only thing it was worthy is the service special in Destiny’s restaurant ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Traveled with children


Worst Cruise in 31 Years of Cruising

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Carnival Paradise

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Daisyjakedingo
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

We are Platinum status with Carnival, so we've sailed with them frequently. This cruise was the worst of any -- Carnival or other cruiselines -- that we've ever been on. The ship was SO CROWDED!! The two hot tubs on Lido deck were always completely full; I counted 17 people in one hot tub!! And the music on the Lido deck was so loud you could feel the vibrations. WHY do they think people want ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


Terrible read before you go

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Angkor
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

Many reasons, primary serviced in general. Room smells like urine after they cleaning the third time they came and cleaned the ducts this should be done prior our arrival,since our room smells like feces after. only 2 elevators were working for 3,000 people ,had to wait over 20 minutes each times and always super pack.Kids club was a mess people was complaining too that so many kids and no ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Aft-View Extended Balcony

Traveled with children


First time BLISS

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Mamajama55
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

We were thrilled by the first sight of the great old girl, the Paradise, a grand lady! For us, this was jaw-dropping decadence. Everything was so clean and well kept! Our cabin was small, but plenty roomy for us. The shower was hot and the water pressure was fantastic. Our Cabin Steward was Wahyu. He made us feel like we were the most important guests! Every little thing was paid attention to and ...
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Sail Date: January 2024


Frist time ever I was disappointed..

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thelimodriver2003
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Please don't get me wrong, I LOVE CARNIVAL CRUISES however, this was the worst one I was ever on.. Where do I begin? This is the smallest ship in the fleet and I brought 10 people on this cruise. We had What they called a junior suite. Junior was not the word for it.. Cabin is no more than a crew cabin with a balcony view. it was tight, tiny and I would never call this a suite of any sort. ...
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Sail Date: January 2024

Traveled with disabled person


Fantastic ship, fantastic crew!

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Cape78cruisers
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Honestly, I chose this cruise for the price and convenience… Tampa is our favorite port to cruise from, close to home, covered parking garage across the street from the port. I booked an inside cabin on the 12th deck about five months ago, after I sent full payment, I read about 30 awful reviews about the ship… I was so disappointed that so many people had such a bad experience… and I was really ...
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Sail Date: January 2024

Traveled with disabled person


Best vacation

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Ldavidsteve1097
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

We chose this cruise because it was best for what we wanted to and see. Our favorite spot was in Cozumel we did the Surf and Turf excursion with Andy and Nacho and I highly recommend you guys give them a try they were absolutely fantastic and the lunch included was amazing! The food on the boat was absolutely perfect, our cabin steward iwoan was so attentive to detail and made sure that what ever ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Room and ship was disgusting

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odd oddRN
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We have been in other ships through carnival and the experience was amazing. That was not the case this time. Our room was disgusting. We had blood on the walks, bathroom floors, and bed sheets. The room smelled like mold and the floors were wet/ damp due to the moisture. Bathroom smelled horrible- like a litter box that had not been changed. Mold everywhere. We hit rain on day 2- the ship was ...
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Sail Date: November 2023


Brown Water

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Murph97
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

This ship is in pretty nice shape for its age. I like the design and lay out. I didn’t like the fact they had no movies at the pool area at night. I always loved the nightly movies at the pool on other ships. The food was really good in comparison to the Pride and the Spirit. Staff was really nice. We enjoyed the trivia and the staff there was amazing! The shows were good. I really enjoyed ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


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