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1. first I'd like to start with how negative and rude the staff. Because I'd like to say that we were up on the 10th floor or the 11th smoking in the back of this ship and the sut that come out of the smoke stacks ruined 90% of my clothes they washed them but they didn't all come out I didn't notice them really good until I got home they did compensate me for one shirt my shoes were ruined they didn't compensate me for that they said I didn't tell the woman on the phone well she didn't give me a chance to tell her everything she just told me to place it in the bag and they would wash. 2. As I was sitting up for smoking one night every night this is the 2 complaints in one first of all they would come up at 6:30 every night and clean saying that they had to clean up the set so y'all were aware or they were from where of the issue and I knew it when I went down and complained they act like they didn't know what I was talking about but two they made us leave at 6:30 every night our accommodations were to go into midship Midway where there was minimum room above the projector room they watch the movies and everybody piled in there from that end which gave very few accommodations but I wasn't able to walk over there I had my scooter and it was at the room my fiance had my key he was down getting a drink because the bartender never came up or later and took any orders and when I did it was every two to three hours so that's another complaint we have never complained about Cruise the cruise or any problems except for the Wi-Fi but this cruise ship is horrible the staff is rude they're not happy they complain the whole time to the you know people babe go back to my I'm a very upset because they pushed me the guy comes up in a white suit and one of them little walkie-talkie things and says you have to move to other side I said I can't I can't walk that far he says you need to go now I said I can't my fiance will come take me when he gets back no you go now we clean and I said told him if he wanted to carry me over there that was fun I would go but I wasn't going anywhere until then one of the passengers was pushing her mom in a wheelchair that got hurt said she would take her mom over to the other side come back get me and take me another passenger did this is unacceptable I'm so upset about that more than anything yet they stated that they would accommodate any special needs that was a lot I never had anyone ask me or do anything for me okay number 3. half the time I ordered mud slides which is made with chocolate and cherries I wouldn't get the cherries or I wouldn't get the chocolate or I wouldn't get them both and I was told they were out we would order mojitos half the time we didn't get them little green leaves oh we're out or a lime or out you order a special drink oh you got to go to the such and such fifth floor and get it you know it's it's ridiculous. 4 they closed the bars between 9:30 and 10:00 and every night except one and it would close about 12:30 or 1:00 every other cruise we were on didn't shut down until 1:30 to 2:30 or whenever people quit drinking y'all lose a lot of money doing that it's ridiculous we come on there to relax and if we want to drink up till 3:00 in the morning we should be able to. 5. As I stated also there was no waiters after 6:30 we were told that they knew were needed in the dining area so no waiters after 6:30 so when we wanted to drink somebody had to go get them on another floor that's ridiculous we come on there to be waiting on not to have to go I didn't get them ourselves and during the day when we did go and get a drink you waited 30 minutes in line because everybody's down there getting a drink. 7. Another big big issue was the drinks for watered down enough that they gave some people their some money back on their drink packages and also we would take our drinks down there and complain and then say oh well it let me put two more shots they know they didn't put them shots in there they would get her glass go make our drinks turn their backs on this and then give them to us get upstairs and sit down take a drink and it taste like water that's unacceptable big time we pay a lot more for the drink package then we do for the trip and in that case I'll buy my own liquor if they're going to water it down to the point where we can't enjoy it that's crazy my fiance drinks a lot I don't so that takes you that if I can drink 10 to 12 drinks a night or a day which is all my drinks except maybe a coffee in the morning that tells you something's wrong because I would be drunk as a dog if they were actually putting those shots of liquor in those drinks! 8. As I stated they took us made us leave the smoking section at 6:30 every night Thursday morning I complained so much that they can't came up and told us they weren't going to shut it down until 1:00 and I told him I appreciate it but why couldn't they do that to begin with when we asked why it was coming out most of the staff would say the cleaning people oh that's because it doesn't get cleaned as it should no staff okay they shouldn't tell us that but we knew that and that's oh my God that's just really unacceptable after finding out that one of the smoke stacks caught on fire already on a carnival Cruise.. I'm so upset with all this that if this isn't made right we will start cruising with Norwegian along with my fiance's boss and his son and his daughters all them done said that carnival has gotten so bad they've already started cruising with other Cruise lines I do have a to Australia booked with Norwegian round trip airfare travel expenses and all all the accommodations I need even an accommodation for a room without an extra expense just to cruise my first time with them but we've stuck with carnival and and we ranked up to get going being gold whatever that means and it means a lot to us that we've never had a problem we're finally there but this right here maybe the end of us cruising with carnival..9 also I tried to use room service they say that they would deliver your stuff to you know what the smoking or wherever we was at so people are ordering their food and getting it delivered to where they were sitting and I tried that well they claim there was no money on the account and say that because there was no money on our account they couldn't give us room service that's not true we have done it before Mark didn't put money on it but when we got ready to leave they charged us and and we paid the bill so I'm very upset about all this together and I as others and I can give you five names right now that says that they it was their first cruise and it's terrible it is terrible that people on their first cruise said they'll never cruise with carnival again and I'm sad for y'all I do understand staff is low but my God especially for me disabled I'm so upset when I was demanded that I get up and walk across the ship to accommodate them cleaning where they could have waited 3 hours like they did Thursday night because at 6:30 everybody's just coming back from lunch or going in and coming out there to smoke we don't have much of a space anyway in a smoking section and yet they came and tried to take one of them away that's not going to happen I want Cruz where I'm not accommodated but I will not Cruise when I am disrespected in my disability I did and will look into filing a complaint with the disability board if this ain't made right because that man impeded on my disability where he had no right to demand I go and walk over there I guess because I use a cane also but I brought my chair up there and Mark took it back for me I just feel ashamed using it you know so I try to minimize it I can walk a short distance but I cannot walk all the way across that ship that is why I got the chair I also have one at home because I'm 90% disabled but the way that man spoke to me was just unacceptable I will not be disrespected in my disability thank you for your time I do hope you read and respect my feelings my objections of disrespect for my disability the money we spent on the cruise for the clothes the drink package and yet we feel like y'all took advantage of every bit of it as we stated if this isn't made right we will never cruise again. Might I add for the last thing I'm very upset that when we turned in all our clothes to be washed and my shoes and we got them back and we called downstairs and told them about the ones that didn't come clean my shoes didn't come clean and they was too I was told that they couldn't accommodate me well that woman that caught up to the room to ask me you know or that I spoke to she didn't call her I called her she asked me what was damaged I told her started to tell her I got a three or four things out she said go ahead put it in the bag set it out now and they would wash them in the end that we'd go from there it for the things that if they didn't come clean so I just went and stuck everything in her that was damaged they do admit the shoes come clean because when they give them back they apologize they didn't come clean but they couldn't compensate me because I didn't put it on the I mean I didn't tell the woman well she didn't give me time to tell her she was in a hurry to get me off the phone to start with I had to wait about 5 minutes for her to pick up the phone and customer service before I even got somebody to answer to start with so those are my main concerns I do hope that we can resolve these issues. I tried to download pictures of the clothes in my shoes that were damaged and it said you don't support the file also we had the receipt for the clothes that we bought unfortunately I threw away the receipts after we got home from Walmart but I do have a bank statement for what we spend at Walmart for everything. Thank you for your time! User's recommendation: I would have to say until this 5th Cruise I've never cruised with another line but I have never had a problem with carnival I would ask that you give them a chance as we told other people because carnival has always made any complaint we had which is really only about Wi-Fi all right
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Miami, Florida
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$350
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A full refund and given another Cruise on that refund with onboard credit y'all done a lot of damage on that cruise for people's credibility with y'all
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The worst cruise experience of my life

Carnival Cruise Line - The worst cruise experience of my life
To begin, I paid for the premium onboard wifi. We could rarely if ever use it. It was completely insufficient to even open Facebook or to use Messenger. This was the entire reason for purchasing the package so that we could keep contact with our children. That was $160 wasted. Next, we booked an excursion through Carnival for Cenote Swim and Buffet and a tour of Chichen Itza. Our tour of Chichen Itza was cut short because several passengers would not return to the bus from the Cenote Swim and Buffet at the designated time. The tour guide and even the bus driver had to go and make a group of grown adults get back on the bus. We spent 20 minutes at Chichen Itza, which was honestly the entire reason we booked that excursion. Our money was wasted because for 6 hours out of a 7 hour trip, we were on a bus. In addition, the tour returned an hour late. This made us angry. What happened next made me furious and created serious doubts about ever sailing with Carnival again. After returning to the ship and purchasing Sushi at Sea, a gentleman behind us had a heart attack. Myself and another passenger were the first to respond and I began CPR while bystanders activated emergency medical services on the cruise ship. I have five years experience as an emergency medical technician and in good consciousness could not sit by while this man was dying. Soon after, we were joined by other passengers who were also medical professionals. Medical response from the cruise ship was insulting and infuriating. There was not an AED present on the deck. It took the first medical staff to respond over 20 minutes to arrive. When he did arrive, he didn't have an AED or any other appropriate equipment to perform CPR. We had to wait further for him to radio back to sick bay and request further assistance while we continued CPR. At this point, the gentleman was attempting what is known as agonal respirations and had a weak and sporadic pulse, but he had regained a healthy color, all of which are indicators of effective CPR by the other passengers and myself. When other Carnival medical staff finally arrived, their lack of training was apparent. They began compressions incorrectly, with one individual from Carnival's staff performing compressions on the gentleman's stomach. Another placed the AED on the gentleman and attempted to deliver a shock while responders were still making physical contact with the gentleman. When we attempted to assist, we were removed by ship security, who wouldn't even let me go through the same door to be with my wife. They told me to "find another way." We were maybe an hour outside of Progreso. The ship did not attempt to divert back to port nor did the medical staff attempt to transfer the gentleman to sick bay. They continued CPR for over an hour on the dining room floor while other passengers continued to eat. The gentleman expired and was left on the floor for a lengthy amount of time, covered by a sheet. I have been diagnosed with and undergone treatment for PTSD related to my experiences in emergency medical service. To be a part of something so tragic on what was supposed to be my honeymoon has caused a resurgence of negative emotions and mindsets that urged me to seek medical treatment in the first place. I am having flashbacks to the event with the gentleman on the cruise as well now. The final straw has me considering litigation. I awoke this morning to find that my bank account had been overdrafted by Carnival for five undisclosed charges. According to the copy of the Sail and Sign account we received Saturday morning, roughly $524 was to be settled to my debit card. I see this charge being finalized from my bank account as of yesterday, April 10th, 2023. This morning I discovered five additional charges totalling nearly $500. These additional charges have resulted in an overdraft on my bank account. When I attempt to contact Carnival via the customer service number, I am told that Carnival will put a hold on my account until all charges are finalized. The charges of $524 were finalized as of Monday. I'm contacting my bank to dispute these five new transactions. To say I am displeased and even disgusted with Carnival is an understatement. To see the gentleman die and to have my efforts to resuscitate him be thrown out the window was heartbreaking and traumatizing. This in addition to all of the other complaints has seriously tarnished what I thought to be a wonderful means of vacationing. I'm also researching how to report the medical staff for malpractice. I should not come back from my honeymoon with a traumatic experience and to be treated so rudely by ship security when I am only there to help. User's recommendation: Book with someone else
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  • Cheap
Cons
  • Unable to contact customer service after sailing
  • Rude staff
  • Incompetent medical staff
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Excessive Charges to bank account

We have excessive charges to our checking account after returning from cruise. We had money on set sail card to use on ship. But had multiple EXCESSIVE transactions upon returning home
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TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE!!!!!
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Need explanation of my charges on my last cruise

I just need to talk yo a representative about my last bill ftom them. Dont understand some of the charges
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Explanation of charges on my billing account

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I have an issue

Went to medical for a shot for motion sickness and walked out with a bill of $229.00 which I wasnt told or communicate about. I was told it would be $35. Not happy at all. Tried talking to Customer Service and the Medical unit. No one was interested that there was no transparency for there charges. I fill like I was lied to.

User's recommendation: Beware.

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Henderson, Nevada
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Charges on my credit card

why was my wife charged $50.00 five times and a few $30.00 at the Carnival panorama casino on my wells fargo card?
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Location
Rancho Cucamonga, California

Lost my phone

Are you still havent received my phone yet I texted Condon Ville in theyll still in processing its been about four weeks now in my password to get into my phone if 13 1313 just so you can get in my phone and see
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New Port Richey, Florida

Lost my phone

I have still not heard anything yet. Its up there still searching. My passport is all 13s. Any of you go to settings and see my name it will tell you everything about me. I need a record on all that ships that Went to princess Kay after of on the 17th.
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New Port Richey, Florida

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Problem with Guest relations