Our Visit to The Carnival Vista - Part I, Dining on Carnival Vista
Author: Bill
This weekend we were lucky enough to enjoy several hours on Carnival Vista, Carnival's newest ship. There will be lots to digest here, but I'll tell you this much - we are truly impressed. In last week's post we pointed to seven things we were looking forward to on the Vista, and they all delivered. This 133.5K gross ton cruise ship offers up many great options not found on other Carnival ships and it's hard to try and take it all in on a three hour visit but we sure tried. In this review, which we're guessing will take us three rounds, we'll share some of what we saw, experienced, and tasted. Just typing this made us hungry, so we're going to start off talking about dining on the Carnival Vista... read more
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