Carnival OK cruise but not for us

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
Carnival Conquest

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 19, 2019

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1205

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Party ship not our thing. We gave carnival a shot don’t think we would do carnival again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Fairly smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Buffet food was not good . Main dining room was ok. Guys burger was good deli was good pizza was ok to good. We did the stake house one night . The food was good to great but the service was some of the worst service I have ever had. Had to ask 3-4 times for everything. More butter took 3 ask and took 10 min. Drink refill 4 asks and 10-15 minutes. After dinner coffee 3 times and took 10-15 minutes. Seem like they bought things out every 10-15 minutes and didn’t care what you wanted or when. Don’t spend the $38 each .

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Not many pools and were small. Activities were meh.if you like load music and drunks on main deck this is the cruis line for you.

Entertainment

Did some was ok

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The waiters in main dining was great. Room steward was great. Staff at pizza,deli and half the bars acted like they were doing you a favor by getting you food or drink. Staff at guys was much better.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Was clean and layout was ok.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was 1046 every time I enter that switches to 1205 Standard cabin nothing great nothing bad. Shower drain slow. By the end of your shower would be ankle deep.

Ship tip

Ship is starting to get old would find a newer ship. This was our carnival cruise and was really not our style. If you want a party ship where half the people have bought the all the booze you can drink and you can tell. Then carnival is for you.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5
We got ina day early. Took Uber to Hollywood beach. Good food choices and nice beach

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5
Did the big zip line. There were 5 or 6 cruise ships in port this day. Waited 2 and a half hour in the sun to with not were to sit to go down the big zip line. It was ok they have brakes so you don’t really go the fast

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5
Had been here before. Did so shopping walked around port area. Was ok

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Was clean and felt safe. Did see any hurricane damage at all. Walked to fort about a mile away and it was free day. So was free to get in and walk around. Think it normally cost $10 or so. If I would have had to pay it would have been worth it.

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5
Was a beach day for us. Would have been great if there wasn’t 3000 other people there. Chairs were4-5 deep on beach. Too many people for me.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Whole lot of people and lots of luggage but went well.
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4 Comments

cruiseplayer    5 years ago

Good dance bands in the casino . Not good . A typo .

cruiseplayer    5 years ago

After 60 cruises with carnival , I have to admit that the ships have gone down hill with music . It used to be early morning. You could sit by the pool and relax And have coffee with nice quiet. Music . Or watch good morning America on the big screen and catch up on news , instead of all the head banging music , and the DUMB morning show on each ship . And the ships should come back to live bands all over the ships instead of violin music , or solo guitar players who spend most of their time running up , especially in the casino , go back to goof dance bands in the casino .

Gidget61    5 years ago

I love Carnival And have done other cruise lines but still come back to carnival being my favorite!

Shh813    5 years ago

Well, we're giving it a try in March. Because of it being known as a party ship we've never wanted to go but our neighbors always go Carnival and love it so we're giving it a try. We've been on 8 other cruises and loved them all.

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