Great cruise bad food

Item: Carnival Conquest
Rating: 4
Author: nikojoseph

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

nikojoseph

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 12, 2017

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2214

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Had a great time very calm water the entire trip the ship was beautiful for a first-time Cruiser could have gotten more information from the staff very confusing the food and the dining room was horrible I ordered the prime rib one night and couldn't even chew it steak was mediocre at best we stopped eating there after two nights because the food was so bad breakfast in the buffet was processed eggs crappie sausage some of the food was good no choices at all after the buffet closes except for pizza which the line was so long you didn't even want to wait in it had a great time at the islands and the cleaning staff are fantastic will probably try Royal Caribbean for my next Cruise just to see if the food is better or possibly we just had a bad experience on The Conquest

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Expected to see more at the airport to even know where you had to go to get to the ship we paid $16 per person for a bus ride over that was 3 miles away took forever to get on the bus and finally get moving not very organized going through the building trying to even get to the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food was horrible portions were small buffet food was actually better than the dining room but not much

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Flick show was fantastic as were all of the stage shows some of the singers were okay in the lobby musicians were very good and the comedian was fantastic

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

The maid service was fantastic very friendly room was cleaned everyday very friendly staff the service in the dining room wasn't that great and in general the people weren't overly friendly

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The ship was always spotless it seemed to be an older ship but it was very clean and maybe the layout doesn't measure up to the new ships but it was very nice

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

For an inside cabin it was decent sized very well-lit very quiet spotlessly clean the shower was very nice had no complaints lots of storage

Ship tip

They should have a convenience store to buy little things for the room chips pop water everything shuts down in the evening and the only thing open is pizza and that closes around midnight and then there's nothing for your room

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Got on the ship immediately didn't even look around

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Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Did the ATV Excursion was a lot of fun very nice guys running it the driver that took us there was very knowledgeable and enjoyed his information of the island did not care for the people trying to hit you up for money all along the street

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Did not do an Excursion here spent the day at the beach just beautiful Clearwater Sandy Beach fantastic

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Did the parasail with snorkeling guys were very nice lot of fun beautiful seeing all the fish on the reef Port was very clean and very nice shops

Thumbs Up 8

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Flawless very nice except for the line was long but that was expected

5 Comments

bmorgan 7 years ago

Its not the fault of the waiters in the dining room that the food is not good. They are very busy trying to get meals to guests I, for one, will just eat whst is brought and not bother them with taking food back. There is plenty of food on the ship. No one will starve.

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magpeg 7 years ago

RCCL is the best!

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Summerholiday 7 years ago

Then why whinge now send it back .... you have already paid for you meal it's no different if you went to a restaurant... you would send it back ???

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bmorgan 7 years ago

We were on the Conquest a few months back. Very disappointed in the food in the dining room also.

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travelbugg2 7 years ago

Very mixed review. Next time you cruise, if not happy with your food, send it back and they will provide what you want. You are not the only one waiting for pizza so lean to wait. Royal Caribbean are more expensive and formal than Carnival. Don't let one cruise be your indicator of cruising.

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