Greetings I have a special affinity for the Paradise, i have sailed in her multiple times, she was the first Carnival Cruise Ship I sailed on and I did a sailing with some life long friends of mine to honor their Parents 50th wedding anniversary. I have my another cruise on her scheduled in September, And yes it’s amazing how easy it was to find the bathrooms on her, compared to the Mardi Gras for example, where it was almost like a scavenger hunt for one. As for your cons, I have to admit that in all of my many cruises I rarely ever turn on the television in my room except maybe to see the weather or position of the ship on the map or maybe the shipboard cameras. And while it does take awhile to get out of the port and through the bay and into international waters, I personally love the sail away part as we go through the channel and past the islands, dry docks and airport with my all time favorite part being going under the Skyway bridge, I have been under it both during the summer evenings when it’s still daylight and the fall winter times when the bridge is all lit up. And it always amazes me at how close we come to hitting the bridge. I’m glad that you enjoyed your cruise, she’s a grand old lady and if you go onto her with the open mind and understanding that’s she’s one of the oldest ships in the fleet with regards to layout, you will have a window trip. Take care and happy cruising.
Hi, I just got off the Paradise this past 06Aug (my first solo cruise), we were to dock back in Tampa on 5AUG but due to Hurrican Debby we had an additinal day and a half on the cruise (arrived into port at 11am, like that we got an additional day). You are right the brunch not the best, but dinner really good. I have been disaponited in main dining room on my past two cruises but this time food really good (except the prime rib, expected better seasoned), the menu has been the same on all my 3 cruises ( June July and this one), I know ahead of time when on day one (embarcation day) there is Jambalaya for lunch. In the main dining room there will be a dish named 'Pappardelle with braised lamb' as appetizer and as a main course (LOL). I guess because the ship was much smaller the food was much better in flavor ( in dining room and lido deck) due to not having to make such large quantities for the amount of guest this ship holds. Over all nice ship.
So sorry you haven’t had good experiences in the main dining room on the past few cruises! I’ll have to try the Jambalaya… I don’t think I’ve ever tried it! Thanks so much for watching!!
I've never sailed the Paradise but I have been on the Miracle. I love the small ships but where I think they do lack is the variety of food venues and the entertainment spots. If I had never experienced a medium or large ship I wouldn't know what I was missing. Great content!!
I went on the Paradise few months ago, it was okay. Didnt expect much because how small it is. The worse part for me was parents not watching thier kids. There was a kid that ran by Todd(director) hit him hard on the head, laughed and took off with his friends. It was late in the evening. Todd was so mad.
