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Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Celebration

Ship profile · flagged in Panama. Browse upcoming sailings and route previews for this ship.

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Built
2,022
Length
344.532 m
Upcoming
74

Reviewer read

A strong ship by most measures. It falls behind on disembarkation.

Carnival Celebration rates higher overall than 77% of the ships we track. Entertainment is its strongest showing. The weak spot is disembarkation.

Why reviewers choose it

  • Entertainment8.3

    Higher than 90% of ships · 742 ratings

  • Activities8.4

    Higher than 81% of ships · 633 ratings

  • Cabins8.8

    Higher than 78% of ships · 767 ratings

  • Embarkation8.7

    Higher than 70% of ships · 766 ratings

The one caution

8.5out of 10 for disembarkation

Higher than only 25% of ships. The typical ship scores 8.80.

Everything else, in two lines

Seven are good without being remarkable: entertainment, activities, cabins, embarkation, ship quality, dining and service. They rate higher than 51% to 90% of ships.

Family sits in the middle of the fleet too, but only 57 people scored it, so treat it as a hint.

Four fall below the fleet: fitness, value, public areas and disembarkation. They rate higher than 25% to 43% of ships.

Cabin grade barely matters here. The inside, balcony and suite grades all score between 8.50 and 8.89. Pick on price and position, not on rating.

Three places worth knowing about

  • center stage The one people complain about25% positive · 32 comments
  • Bolt The attraction people mention most73% positive · 40 comments
  • Big Chicken The best-liked restaurant on board85% positive · 33 comments

Reviewers named 12 places by name. These 3 are the ones where knowing changes anything — the other 9 are all liked by 63% to 89% of the people who mentioned them.

Who says it suited them

First-time cruisers (36 of 40), solo travelers (11 of 14), couples (8 of 9) and families with teens (8 of 9).

Travelers with accessibility needs (10 of 14) and seniors (6 of 8) described it as a poor fit.

What we can’t tell you

How it suits families with young children
Too few reviewers here described sailing with young kids.
Whether it's good value today
Reviews describe the fare people paid, not the one you'll be quoted.

Every category, compared

The mark on each bar is where the typical ship sits.

CategoryRatingCompared with other shipsEvidence
Ship quality8.9Higher than 59%633 ratings · broad
Cabins8.8Higher than 78%767 ratings · broad
Service8.7Higher than 51%766 ratings · broad
Embarkation8.7Higher than 70%766 ratings · broad
Disembarkation8.5Higher than only 25%633 ratings · broad
Activities8.4Higher than 81%633 ratings · broad
Entertainment8.3Higher than 90%742 ratings · broad
Dining7.8Higher than 52%767 ratings · broad
Family7.5Higher than 79%57 ratings · limited
Public areas7.4Higher than only 29%131 ratings · useful
Fitness7.3Higher than only 43%103 ratings · useful
Value6.6Higher than only 31%133 ratings · useful

779 published reviews · 535 from the last three years · 6,618 individual comments read.

On the chart

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