A short vacation

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 4.1
Author: Gladis50

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Gladis50

Contributor Level: First Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 15

Helpful Votes: 166

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 29, 2019

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9127

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

The Sunshine was nice but it's time to renovate; carpet coming up and rusted in some areas. Crew seem nicer towards end of cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Too many steps

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was often over cooked and cold.

Guy's Burger Joint

4 out of 5

Burger was good

Sunrise Dining Room

4 out of 5

The servers did the best they could but food was often cold when it arrived

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

5 out of 5

The baby spinach salad was great.

Cucina Del Capitano

3 out of 5

The 1st time I ate there it was good, the shrimp pasta was good. I order the lasagna on the last day, instead of ground beef they put big hunks of cube looking beef. Horrible

BlueIguana Cantina

4 out of 5

Shrimp burritos was nice but no toppings on the bar

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Enjoyed hanging out with friends

Guest Services and Excursions Desk

5 out of 5

Guest services was very friendly and helped with dinner assignment

Sunshine Casino

5 out of 5

Casino host and staff very friendly and helpful. There's not alot of non-smoking machines but I got lucky and was pretty much ended up sitting next nonsmokers so the smoke wasnt bad.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward was friendly, waiters in main seemed rushed and slow with bringing orders

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Layout and designed congested on Lido deck.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was clean but needs to be redone, areas in bathroom rusted and wesk spot on floor