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trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Elation: Nice ship but too small for itinerary

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 01:25:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author oats4 - We sailed the Carnival Elation in July 2007. The ship was very nice, clean, the staff was great. The stateroom size was great. We had 2 cabins, one ocean view and one inside. Always go for an OV room! The cabin steward kept our drinks cold and waiting...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Carnival Elation Nov 2006

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:49:21 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author washind - Cruise Review: Carnival Elation, November 6-11, 2006 First impression at Port Canaveral: Boarding was quite smooth with some pressure to tip the baggage handlers (even though they are salaried by the Port). Even though we were among the last to...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: My favorite cruise!

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:29:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moishad - Here is to you cruisers who like the islands where you just relax. My favorite stops were; Half Moon Cay and Grand Turk. Both of these islands were a day of paradise where you could just relax and not worry about anything except enjoying the beach...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Carnival Elation--great value, but we aren't their target audience

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:09:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author colz85 - Three years ago, my husband and I cruised on Carnival's Sensation for our honeymoon. We had a really wonderful time, and overall were quite pleased with the experience. I was so pleased that from the moment we left the ship, I was trying to figure out...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: CARNIVAL CONQUEST - SAVE YOUR MONEY

Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:37:16 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mondo7419 - Basically this was a sea going bus ride. With 3500 passengers on board standing in lines was a constant. Twenty minute waits at the buffets were typical. After tendering onto Grand Cayman we stood around in the sun for over 2 hours waiting for our tour...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Did not live up to expectations...

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:55:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brunoandolini - Over all...I was disappointed by the time my family and I spent on the Elation out of Galveston. The other reviewer I just read went a bit overboard on a few things, but I agreed with most. Getting onto the ship was a piece of cake. The parking was...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: lost luggage

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:03:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author khaney - A friend and I traveled the carnival Elation in Feb. 2005. Despite the hype for a great trip, lost luggage pretty much ruined the fun. Four pieces of luggage taken off the bus and placed on the ship, two were misplaced. Daily wear for my friend and...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Elation in October

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:42:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cruise1 - I just recently took a three day, four night cruise on the Elation in the middle of October and had such a great time I would love to take another cruise with Carnival. This was my first time cruising so I don't have a lot of comparisons but here are a...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: HoneyMoon ruined

Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:32:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jonpatton - We book a trip on the Elation. Three weeks before the trip it was canceled. Leaving us with no trip and no money to book us a new trip with anyone else. We are simply screwed and not in a good way. A once in a life time change gone. What little faith I...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: If you have never cruised before..

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:59:14 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author susan50 - We were on a family reunion on the June 5, 2005 cruise. Since I had never cruised before; I read many reviews and was wearing a motion sickness patch the whole time. What no one pointed out in the reviews I read is that you are *STUCK* on the boat...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Friendly efficient service. Good dinners. Interesting decor. Decent entertainment.

Fri, 13 May 2005 00:10:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hughdm - The first week in May we took the Elation out of Galveston, TX, going to Progreso and Cozumel, Mexico and Belize City, Belize. This being our seventh cruise on our fourth cruise line, we are experienced cruisers. Carnival provided a great vacation and we...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: From Galveston to Belize - 1st Carnival cruise

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:36:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author D_Edgers - In the past 11 years my wife and I have made 15 cruises. We have sailed with Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, Holland American and Orient. We have sailed out of Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, San Diego, Florida, Boston, Puerto Rico and Singapore. So when a trip to...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Elation - a great class of Carnival Ship!

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:26:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author doug2705eads - Yee Haa! Galveston! We were having Mid-West Chill a while back, and searched the Internet for Value and ports of call a tad new to us! What we found of course was Carnival, a leader in the Cruise Industry for value, but the only...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: What a bummer

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:28:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author vjpkc - We recently traveled on the Carnival Elation and were horribly dissappointed with our experience. The ship was not in good repair (stained and ripped carpet in the hallways). Our first room had wet carpet and after 24 hours we noticed an unbearable...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: DO NOT CRUISE ON CARNIVAL! Good luck having a good time on this cruise...

Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:09:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marymcq - I get nauseous just seeing the Carnival name. A couple of years ago I was on this ship for the Ensenada/Catalina cruise. I had the worst time of my life and I have taken many previous cruises. After contracting pink eye from the ship being extremely...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Not too bad

Wed, 19 May 2004 16:11:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tralfaz - I finally gave into Carnival's email spam campaign and took my wife on this cruise April 25, 2004. Overall, we had a good time. But, I paid only $349 for this cruise - had I paid more, I would have been unhappy. First off, the $349 quickly rose...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: 2004 Departing from Galveston

Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:41:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MsXenovia - I haven't seen any reviews of Carnival's Elation departing from Galveston to Progreso, Cozumel and Belize City, so here's my contribution. PRICE: A primary consideration for many. We got a 7 day cruise for an advertised $399 pp through Travelocity...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Galveston Sucks

Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:50:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author twomacho - The Carnival Elation cruise we took (week of Feb 29, 2004 thru March 6, 2004 was Ok. It had the best and most consistent food at the main dinner event of any of the 3 cruises we have been on. Nice ship, good staff, ok destinations. BUT . . . getting on...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Can't beat the value and weather.

Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:03:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ecokix - Wow!! That's where I want to start this review. My wife and I went on Elation cruise from LA in Feb. We found a last minute deal (2wks before sail date) on the internet for $500/person and they automatically upgrades us to ocean view because they couldn...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Great Cruise Vacation

Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:37:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author willsot - We flew to LAX from Minneapolis on Saturday, arriving by 9:00 a.m. We rented a car and spent the day driving up the coast. We stayed overnight at the San Pedro Hilton, an excellent hotel and location not far from the cruise departure dock...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: I've never tipped so much in my life...

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:01:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rollinggrenade - Preface

I just got back from a 7-day cruise on Carnival's MS Elation with my girlfriend (12/15/02-12/22/02). The Elation runs down the Mexican Rivera and hits three ports; Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas.

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trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Honeymoon Cruise

Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:56:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author junebabeee - We took this cruise for our honeymoon. We left NJ and arrived in CA without a hitch. We were promptly picked up by a bus and drove to the port.

Once we got to the port it seemed that each employee had their own rules of where the...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: FUN SHIP - NOT !!!!!

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:47:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cruisereviewer - SHIP : the dark and strange decor of this ship is not for everyone,to some it may be straight out ugly. It would not be so bad if it was at least clean, but it isn't.

Public bathrooms are FILTHY ans DISGUSTING !!! According to the posted cleaning...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Why the Carnival Elation isn't for everyone

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:32:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mjlee22 - I just returned from the 16-Jun-2002 Carnival Elation cruise to the Mexican Riviera. Leaving from San Pedro, the cruise started with 2 days at sea, 3 days of port stops (respectively, 14 hours in Puerto Vallarta, 9 hours in Mazatlan, and 5 hours in Cabo...

trvl-Cruise Lines-Carnival-Carnival Elation: Everything about Elation

Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:58:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ladyshea - This is quite a long review as the ones I had read prior to our trip were helpful, but I still had some surprises. I hope others will find this useful and informative. Enjoy your cruise!

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