Avoid Venezia at all costs.

[jayjay10704]

Venezia just ranked #7 in the CDC's 2023 cleanest ships...second cleanest Carnival ship in the fleet.

[kdr69]

how can you say avoid a ship at all costs because of rude passengers?  First off the passengers the OP encountered would not be the passengers of the cruisers you are speaking to and secondly how is it the Ships fault there are rude people on board?  Its not like its a check in question "Are you rude?" yes or no?  

[ProgRockCruiser]

35 minutes ago, kdr69 said:

Its not like its a check in question "Are you rude?" yes or no?  

Lol, maybe it should be, along with an AI analysis of your social media posts & tie-in to CCTV footage of how you behave in public...

 

"Big Brother is watching, and if you act up you will be hit with an ASBO and not be allowed to cruise."

[Stick93]

48 minutes ago, jayjay10704 said:

Venezia just ranked #7 in the CDC's 2023 cleanest ships...second cleanest Carnival ship in the fleet.

The cdc should focus on illness a bit more. The ships are the least of their issues.

[WhiteOptima]

All Vista class casinos are horrible.  Then when you are a floor up and the smoke is reaching you at the Alchemy Bar☹️.

We play slots but after a day or so of trying to handle the smoke, we keep our money and do other things.  

[staceyglow]

1 hour ago, Stick93 said:

The cdc should focus on illness a bit more. The ships are the least of their issues.

Because communicable diseases never spread on cruise ships? 😊

[Eli_6]

Come on...OP isn't the only cruiser to complain about Venezia on here.

[mz-s]

On 10/31/2023 at 8:47 AM, Rahi said:

Nope the stains were everywhere-rugs, chairs, everywhere. 

 

I believe it, my last Carnival cruise was on the Magic and I don't think I saw a single carpet or rug or chair that wasn't stained. It was actually kind of incredible how horrible the ship's soft goods looked.

 

My cruise before Magic was on a Disney ship that is basically the same age as Magic. The difference between the two, to put it mildly, is insane. The Carnival ship looked like it was ready for the breakers compared to the Disney ship.

Edited November 3, 2023 by mz-s

[happycruiser220]

On 10/31/2023 at 8:47 AM, Rahi said:

Nope the stains were everywhere-rugs, chairs, everywhere. 

Took the 15 day cruise and saw nothing about what you speak of. My only gripe was that many of the ice machines were not working at times. Everything else was perfect.  Heck so perfect I'm already booked for next November. 

[Jamman54]

The Venezia is basically a brand new ship. It was launched in 2019 and only cruised for a short time before Covid. After Covid, she only sailed for a little while before being signed over to Carnival. We just spent 21 days on her and never saw what the OP was talking about, other than the casino being smoky. I can agree with that. As far as everything being stained everywhere! No way. Urine smell in the casino. Really?

 

Sure, people spill things and you will find some stains, but that's normal, and they do get addressed. If the OP was so upset, why didn't he take pictures to document it? I've posted hundreds of pictures so far in my review, and I'm not seeing it. And before you say that I wouldn't post them if they existed, I have always told it like it is. I show the good, the bad, the indifferent. I am not a shill for Carnival, and I don't gamble enough to get free cruises. 

 

In three weeks aboard her not once did we encounter any rude crew members. It was quite the opposite. Perhaps the OP was rude to them first. I have a feeling, and I could be wrong, that the OP was on the Bermuda cruise that didn't make it to Bermuda, and is showing his displeasure here.

[happycruiser220]

5 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

The Venezia is basically a brand new ship. It was launched in 2019 and only cruised for a short time before Covid. After Covid, she only sailed for a little while before being signed over to Carnival. We just spent 21 days on her and never saw what the OP was talking about, other than the casino being smoky. I can agree with that. As far as everything being stained everywhere! No way. Urine smell in the casino. Really?

 

Sure, people spill things and you will find some stains, but that's normal, and they do get addressed. If the OP was so upset, why didn't he take pictures to document it? I've posted hundreds of pictures so far in my review, and I'm not seeing it. And before you say that I wouldn't post them if they existed, I have always told it like it is. I show the good, the bad, the indifferent. I am not a shill for Carnival, and I don't gamble enough to get free cruises. 

 

In three weeks aboard her not once did we encounter any rude crew members. It was quite the opposite. Perhaps the OP was rude to them first. I have a feeling, and I could be wrong, that the OP was on the Bermuda cruise that didn't make it to Bermuda, and is showing his displeasure here.

Sorry I missed you on the 15 day cruise Jamman. I couldn't sign in to CC after a few days. John kept looking  for you. Not sure if you met Leona and her sister or even Rob from Boston. 

[happycruiser220]

On 11/2/2023 at 8:05 AM, havanadaydreaming said:

Met a dude at sailaway who let us know the roof never retracts on the venezia.  He is on 2nd leg of B2B. 

 

Roof retracted first port day in st thomas.  

 

 

It retracted on day 2 of 15 day. Stayed open even sailing up the east coast where you felt the temperature change into  50s.

[happycruiser220]

On 11/2/2023 at 5:37 PM, Stick93 said:

This ship cannot be worse than Sunrise which was in NY a few years ago. I wont go on Carnival in the summer from NY anymore -  the riff raff on the ship is too much. My last cruise we had people sitting outside their rooms in lawn chairs and smoking the goods stuff everywhere. It does happen on all the ships but less than Carnival.  Carnival is leaving again next December and then no ship in NY which is not so bad because the other options out of NY are better than the ships they have been sending up here. 

Venezia is coming back to NY in April/May of 2025 then in 2026 it's going into drydock.

[Jamman54]

8 minutes ago, happycruiser220 said:

Sorry I missed you on the 15 day cruise Jamman. I couldn't sign in to CC after a few days. John kept looking  for you. Not sure if you met Leona and her sister or even Rob from Boston. 

Sorry we didn't get to chat. I met quite a few CC members in our time on board, but not the ones you mentioned. Maybe next time! 

[Rahi]

48 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

The Venezia is basically a brand new ship. It was launched in 2019 and only cruised for a short time before Covid. After Covid, she only sailed for a little while before being signed over to Carnival. We just spent 21 days on her and never saw what the OP was talking about, other than the casino being smoky. I can agree with that. As far as everything being stained everywhere! No way. Urine smell in the casino. Really?

 

Sure, people spill things and you will find some stains, but that's normal, and they do get addressed. If the OP was so upset, why didn't he take pictures to document it? I've posted hundreds of pictures so far in my review, and I'm not seeing it. And before you say that I wouldn't post them if they existed, I have always told it like it is. I show the good, the bad, the indifferent. I am not a shill for Carnival, and I don't gamble enough to get free cruises. 

 

In three weeks aboard her not once did we encounter any rude crew members. It was quite the opposite. Perhaps the OP was rude to them first. I have a feeling, and I could be wrong, that the OP was on the Bermuda cruise that didn't make it to Bermuda, and is showing his displeasure here.

You are so wrong.. We have been to Bermuda many times, and had nothing at all planned to do there this time. It did make us spend more time on this pathetic cruise ship though .

 

 

 

[juancarlosgarciasanchez]

On 10/30/2023 at 7:39 PM, Rahi said:

The worst cruise out of 23 cruise ships. I do not know what is up with this ship, rude staff, rude passengers. Ship is dirty throughout. The main dinning area is like a old, outdated convention center. There are stains on the fabic of the chairs in dinning area.. was afraid to sit on some. There are so many soiled rugs. The casino area to walk through -I felt sick, smoke, stale smoke, and what smelled like urine. Avoid this ship!! 

In my humble opinion, I call the original posters statement as pure BS. I have sailed twice on the Venezia and the ship is lovely. The staff was helpful, the ship is clean and very well maintained, the shows were nice and the food was adequate. Additionally, the value factor versus cost is excellent and no one within my party had any negative views of the Venezia. If given the opportunity and time, I would cruise once again the Venezia without hesitation. 

[KyloRen]

On 10/30/2023 at 5:24 PM, notscb said:

This website is so weird. On the same front page of this same forum is a 15 page live trip report where the folks appear to be having a great time on the same ship you mention.

 

Sorry you had a bad experience 😔

I love to take this website for the grain of saltiness it is 😄

[Jamman54]

12 hours ago, Rahi said:

You are so wrong.. We have been to Bermuda many times, and had nothing at all planned to do there this time. It did make us spend more time on this pathetic cruise ship though .

 

 

 

I rest my case. 😎

[havanadaydreaming]

Lots of grumps at excursion desk today. Pretty rainy st lucia morning and folks can get 75% of prepaid excursions back as OBC. 

 

Several are railing for 100%. Waste of time all the tours are running rain or shine. 

[Drazil65]

Whatever OP's experience was with this ship, its his story to tell.  There are many times I shake my head at some of the opinions and statements here as they are nothing like what we may have experienced when cruising. 

 

Whether you agree or not doesn't matter, we all don't have the same likes and dislikes and all of our expectations differ as well (and some people like to be contrary no matter the subject matter).  It is the internet after all, take it for what its worth 🙄.

[happycruiser220]

14 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Sorry we didn't get to chat. I met quite a few CC members in our time on board, but not the ones you mentioned. Maybe next time! 

Catch you at another time. 

[Rahi]

On 11/1/2023 at 11:37 AM, fair-winds39 said:

We’re platinum too.  We used a limo service to get to port and when the car dropped 6 of us off in drop off area, port personnel were scrambling around. There were maybe 3 porters visibly loading luggage on their luggage trolleys haphazardly. It was crazy. We arrived around 10:30. Maybe a later arrival time would have been better. A drive to Baltimore works very well for us as well.

 

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Rahi

[Rahi]

11 hours ago, juancarlosgarciasanchez said:

In my humble opinion, I call the original posters statement as pure BS. I have sailed twice on the Venezia and the ship is lovely. The staff was helpful, the ship is clean and very well maintained, the shows were nice and the food was adequate. Additionally, the value factor versus cost is excellent and no one within my party had any negative views of the Venezia. If given the opportunity and time, I would cruise once again the Venezia without hesitation. 

For two people we spend 3k plus for an aft balcony room.. I don't consider this cheap cruise for us. We could have purchased a cheap room.. I get that you can cruise for next to nothing on this cruise line.. but we don't go for that. I also get why there was so much rift raft on this ship vs RCL

[happycruiser220]

9 minutes ago, Rahi said:

For two people we spend 3k plus for an aft balcony room.. I don't consider this cheap cruise for us. We could have purchased a cheap room.. I get that you can cruise for next to nothing on this cruise line.. but we don't go for that. I also get why there was so much rift raft on this ship vs RCL

I didn't see anything that you speak of on this ship, not even the riff raff and it was a 15 day sailing. I met some great folks on this cruise and I was a solo traveler. My only gripe as I stated before, was many of the ice machines were not working. 

[Rahi]

3 minutes ago, happycruiser220 said:

I didn't see anything that you speak of on this ship, not even the riff raff and it was a 15 day sailing. I met some great folks on this cruise and I was a solo traveler. My only gripe as I stated before, was many of the ice machines were not working. 

Perhaps the length of your cruise brought out a different clientele , in fact I am sure of it.. BUT it still doesn't fix the fact that this ship if in desperate need of cleaning, and repairs.