Carnival Valor®

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Carnival Valor®

SHIP OVERVIEW

Your high seas hero Carnival Valor is here to rescue you from ordinary vacations and whisk you away to leisure, fun and amazing destinations. On your way you'll find onboard food spots designed to regale your palate, like BlueIguana Cantina™ and Guy's Burger Joint™ plus the downright indulgent Scarlett's Steakhouse. Let yourself be swept away to RedFrog Pub® or Alchemy Bar® for a drink, or get a little carried away rooting for your favorites at SkyBox™ Sports Bar. Kids can get caught up in all the excitement of being kids, hanging with others their age at Carnival Valor's three supervised youth spaces. Or they can join the wacky, wonderful Dr. Seuss™ bunch for character story-time (and more!) at Seuss at Sea™. And pretty much anyone, young or slightly-less-young, will be thrilled by 214-foot long, four-deck-tall Twister waterslide™. On the entertainment front, Playlist Productions™ takes tunes you know and presents them in song-and-dance, up-on-stage spectacular shows. At Dive-In Movies, you’ll never have to choose between making a splash and watching a favorite movie under the stars, up on the big screen. And Punchliner™ Comedy Club will have you laughing your flippy-floppies off. If you thought for a second your vacation might be boring, now you know not to fear — Carnival Valor has what it takes to save any vacation!

  • CRUISES
  • STATISTICS

STATISTICS

  • Year Built

    2004
  • Year Refurbished

    2018
  • Year Entered Present Fleet

  • Country of Registry

  • Tonnage (GRT)

    110000
  • PAX (basis 2)

    5922
  • Max Pax (inc. Uppers)

    2974
  • Passenger Decks

    13
  • Number of Crew

    1180
  • Officers' Nationality

  • Cruise/Hotel Staff Nationality

STATEROOMS

  • Suites

    54
  • Balcony

    0
  • Oceanview

    310
  • Oceanview No Balcony

    0
  • Oceanview With Balcony

    0
  • Balconies

    521
  • Interior

    605
  • Accessible

    20
  • Total Number of Accommodations

    1000
  • SUITE
  • BALCONY
  • OCEANVIEW
  • INSIDE

Deck Plans

SHIP REVIEWS

OVERALL RATING

4.7

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Based on 13 reviews

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Cruise reviews reflect the opinions of travel editors and cruisers/ readers and may not represent those of our company.

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good cruise

FEBRUARY

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PROS

staff was very nice, clean rooms, decent food, great pool area

CONS

wasn't alot of activities, older boat

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Overall it was good for the money. Staff wasn't always helpful but my room attendant Norman was amazing. Wasn't alot of activities. Will sail bigger boat next time.

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Great trip

OCTOBER

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PROS

Excellent service

CONS

More variety of music

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Happy happy. Great. Crew. Staff was excellent

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Carnival Valor

JUNE

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PROS

Our steward was very good (Imim) and we liked some of the entertainment

CONS

Food, entertainment, staff courtesy,

RECOMMENDED

No

We have sailed with Princess, Royal Caribbean, and this was our first Carnival cruise. We will never book with Carnival again. The other cruise lines were so much better. The food wasn’t very good, the staff was very rude, the AC in our room kept breaking and at times out room temp was above 80 degrees. I ordered a Father’s Day gift 2 months before to be delivered to our room, and I only got the beach towel. I didn’t get the hats, and only after standing in line at guest services for 45 minutes to inquire why, is when they told me they didn’t have the hats. Sorry. No offer was made to trade them for a different style or anything.

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First time Cruise

MAY

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PROS

Smooth sailing

CONS

None

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Great relaxing Cruise

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Thanksgiving cruise

DECEMBER

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RECOMMENDED

Yes

This was our first time on the Valor, and we really enjoyed it! We don't mind the smaller ships, although we wish the cruise had been longer than four days! Most guests appeared to be following COVID protocols and always seemed to comply when asked to put a mask on. We made friends with some of the crew (one that we're still in contact with!), which is one of the things we always enjoy. We would definitely cruise on the Valor again!

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Great Value

JANUARY

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PROS

Entertainment

CONS

Stateroom

RECOMMENDED

Yes

We had a wonderful time and I truly recommend Carnival. Deep Blue Soul (cruise band) was awesome and we made a point of listening to every set. Shout out to Lucas (vocalist) and Andre (on trumpet)! We had some issues with speed of service in the dining room, but this was NOT due to the efforts of the wait staff. They were working very hard and went out of their way to please. The cabin was clean and comfortable, but unfortunately there was a bad odor that our steward was not able to get rid of. We should have asked to be moved, but since we did not spend much time in the cabin it was bearable.

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Great Cruise

JANUARY

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PROS

Lots of Entertainment, Great Ports, and Delicious Food Options

CONS

RECOMMENDED

Yes

This was a great cruise. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. Great ports of call, great staff, lots of entertainment option, and there was always something going on.

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carnival valor

NOVEMBER

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PROS

Relaxing

CONS

no problems

RECOMMENDED

Yes

My cruise was great! Worth every penny !

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Carnival Valor

AUGUST

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RECOMMENDED

Yes

We had a great time on our cruise, although the weather was very hot (as expected in the Caribbean in August). Food was great, staff was excellent, and the whole trip exceeded our expectations.

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Awesome

JULY

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PROS

Awesome

CONS

Na

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Great experience

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Valor

MAY

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RECOMMENDED

Yes

Our wait staff was THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!! Glory, Rahul, and Iwayan took care of us every evening at dinner and made it such a great experience!! Adrian in the dining room was also awesome!! These men are an asset on The Valor!!

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An excellent cruise

MARCH

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PROS

Delicious food and great service

CONS

None

RECOMMENDED

No

<div>Loved the servers, cabin stewards, waiters and waitresses on the ship. It was a fun time.</div>

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Relax and enjoy

MAY

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PROS

The room was very nice, clean & good size. Enjoyed the Steakhouse: Best. All food was good except didn't like the sauce on the shrimp, scallops dish. didn't have the clams but if its New England style include clams with the bellies!

CONS

the wait for debarking.

RECOMMENDED

Yes

Thanks to Carnival for an enjoyable vacation. C u next year on the Horizon.

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