Great Trip with beautiful ports of Grand Turk and St Thomas

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Carnival Conquest

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 20, 2019

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise. Staff was wonderful. Ports were great overall. Balcony room was great.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Late embarkment at 12pm, got on within 15 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Monet restaurant staff was wonderful. Chicken, steak, and pork chops were the best. Smores and baked alaska was the best.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Mini golf was fun. Pools were overcrowded but the one all the way in the back was the best.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Leigh, cruise director was great. Productions were fine.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff was friendly. Always cleaning.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Little older but well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Balcony was great and so were the views when we reached ports. Only negative could be in the middle of the night you could hear the ding of the elevator. Bring a little noise machine or ear plugs if you are very sensitive. Very happy with the room.

Ship tip

Bring cheap metal hangers that you can leave behind in the room. People did that in our room and it really helped. Could have used more.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Beaches had the red seaweed which smelled. It was super sad. Had to go out 15 feet to get clear water

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Loved the reef and rays excursion. Super fun. Only sad thing was when we got to the beach by the boat all the umbrellas were taken. Probably our favorite port.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5
There were protests so we had an hour less at port. Did the rainforest/beach tour. Rainforest was nice. Hike was super hot. So the guide was very nice but gave us 20 minutes at the beach. Kept trying to offer us drinks at a restaurant. We paid for the beach and we wanted it after the heat of the hike. Beach not very pretty but good to cool down.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Loved Magens Bay and skyride. Rent chairs and umbrella at beach then go to the right down the beach. Must less crowded. Water and beach were just like I remembered it. Beautiful. Skyride was good. Nice pictures to take on top. Little stalls to get souvenirs.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
I was worried after news reports but Amber Cove is Carnivals place. Great shops and very clean. We did Ocean World Sharks, Sea Lions, and Dolphins. Fabulous fun. You can bring your own snorkel stuff if you want. Food was good. Full day so had to walk fast to shop a little. Also walk fast to the photo shop to get the pictures they take of you. really nice pictures but the line can get long. I was first so we got an earlier shuttle back to Amber cove.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We did Faster to Fun which probably did help us disembark. We went when we wanted to and got off the ship within 15 minutes,
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1 Comment

AuntPinkie    5 years ago

Nice review! For future reference, ask your room steward for more hangers... they have many available that previous guests have left behind.

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