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4 ports of call, nice agenda for an 8 night cruise

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 07, 2023

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2267

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

8 nights was a bit long imo. Preferred 5 night Carribean cruise

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Food was better on Carnival Breeze June 2023

BlueIguana Cantina

5 out of 5

Awesome breakfast burritos

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Hot tubs were nice. Wish the pools were larger

Entertainment

4 out of 5
I enjoyed the musicals, stand up comedy and piano bar

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Anak our room steward was great. Service could have been better in MDR

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Loved the split bath and ocean view window and larger closet

Ship tip

Was not able to watch Astros games while on 8 day cruise. ESPN is the only sports channel on ship

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5
Captain Tony's was a cool bar in Key West, a lot of history in that place and their "House" Amber beer was delicious
Thumbs Up

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
Great shopping. Took a 2.5 hour taxi tour of Freeport with independent driver
Thumbs Up

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Beautiful beach, crystal clear water. Be warned though that the Bahamas are incredibly hot in early October
Thumbs Up

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Too commercial in Tourist area. Kind of scary and dangerous directly outside of Tourist area
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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