Disappointed with change of itinerary

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Conquest

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 28, 2018

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8249

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

When you pay a certain amount for a cruise that has certain islands and times you except that. The times of port were horrible!!!! 7am-1:30pm!! Not okay when your on vacation!!one island we were supposed to be there for 8 hours and ended up only being there for 5! Aruba was celebrating their Labor Day which for future reference is May 1st so plan not to do anything on any island if you cruise during that time. Not only did we have nothing to do in Aruba but we were there on that island the longest which we were only supposed to be there from 8am to 4pm. So we had all day to stare at an island that was closed for a national holiday they were celebrating! Just very disappointing to pay this kinda of money and not get the experience we paid to have. They accommodated post taxes which was a measly $7.89 per person!! Wow!! For a trip we saved up for two years to go on I was highly disappointed and upset with how it ended up.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

1 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
The island was closed for their Labor Day so there was nothing to do. Horrible!

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
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7 Comments

angelamay    6 years ago

Brad1312 carnival changed the itinerary at 9pm the night before the cruise. Not even weather related. They changed all dates and times. It really sucked.

cbyron3    6 years ago

Aruba has 365 beaches... who closed them all? That's a lot of security guards.

rtpetey    6 years ago

Go to a beach

jallaway    6 years ago

We went to Cozumel on New Year's Day and the one new place I wanted to go to was closed. Disappointing, but I didn't let it bother me. Was the entire Island truly shut down on Labor Day? It doesn't seem like the resort areas would have closed

brad1312    6 years ago

Sounds like a little research would have done wonders. Didn't you know the port times when you booked it?

Frogboo95    6 years ago

We always research total Cruise, ports and dates before cruising... Sorry it happened to You, but doesn't sound like Carnival's fault, and I'm sure all Cruise Lines where there. We had something similar happen in Cozumel, but knew ahead of time because of Wife's research, and adjusted accordingly.

badlcho    6 years ago

Tasha2229 I would be mad too.

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