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Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Conquest

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 09, 2016

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8230

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This has been our 11th cruise, 10 on Carnival.  I have come to the conclusion that for the most part it is who we are with family friends..that make the trip.  The Conquest was not my favorite ship, yet we had a really good time with our family and friends.  

 

The good... The food was really good on this ship.  I cannot complain.  The main dining room the food was excellent.  The Lido pretty much the same as the other ships.  The pizza place is always delicious as well as Guys Burgers.. so good.

 

The staff was super friendly and the ship although dated was very clean.  Our cabin was adequate, inside 8230.  It was in a great location and relatively quiet.  We enjoyed using the gym and the mini golf was also fun.  

 

The bad:  The entertainment was just ok.  It started out bad... and got better.  The epic rock modified show was the best and I even watched it twice but the rest was just ok compared to other ships.. No variety shows.. magicians etc... The comedians were terrible.  Also, I don't know if they were short staff but there was no entertainment staff.. Only Haylee the CD and DJ Desire did most of the trivia and one other girl we saw once... We really enjoy trivia and ping pong tornaments etc and there was no ping pong and a few trivia but not very much.. only on port days when not many were on board.  I felt the activities were extremely limited.  Not much going on at all except pain and foot seminars etc... I was disappointed in that.  

 

The ports were ok.  We didn't get to half moon cay.. This is the 3rd time we were supposed to go there and couldn't.. They need to have a back up port for this as another day at sea was just ok and again they didn't put many things to do that day on the fun times.  

 

All in all a great time but I probably would not choose the Conquest again.  I like the bigger ships as there is just more room.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Decent small as usual but loved being on the 8th floor. Good location and pretty quiet.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
This port is absolutely gorgeous to look at. There is zip lining for 20 bucks all day and a pool.
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7 Comments

martey    8 years ago

I'll be waiting to hear about that ship when you can.

loosepush7    8 years ago

25 miles from Port Canaveral now.

steveandcher    8 years ago

Going in March. Balcony on deck 8. Glad to hear it is quiet. Can't wait.

trudyg    8 years ago

Going on the conquest jan.7. Last cruise was the glory. I heard they are similar. Looking foward to it. Taking with me 2 virgin cruisers

ktolivia23    8 years ago

Agree with this post

loosepush7    8 years ago

Martey,we did the Conquest last year. Had a fantastic time! ! Going on the Magic this Saturday.

martey    8 years ago

We are going on the Conquest in February. It will be our first time on this ship. The couple we travel with took their kids on this ship earlier this year and they loved it. We will have a great time, I'm sure.

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