Overall the cruise was ok

Carnival Conquest Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Carnival Conquest

4 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 04, 2023

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Cabin number: GUAR

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Overall a decent cruise for the money, daughter enjoyed guy's burgers twice and she enjoyed the shows. I liked the sauna and steam room. The poor setup of disembarkation by CARNIVAL was the most disappointment of the whole trip.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
It was much better than the disembarkation.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Overall it was good, it was great that the dining room requested my daughter order for the next days since she had a peanut allergy.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
We did enjoy the first Bingo game and watched the Deal or No Deal but many of the customers were not happy with the cheesy prizes after paying so much for Deal or No Deal. Did not like there was little access tot he basketball court and mini golf for most of the passengers.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
My daughter enjoyed the shows, especially the 80s show since she is a millineal and listened to much of MTV in the 90s when she was a kid. I enjoyed the steam room and sauna and help with the locker issue.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Had no issues with the staff, was great that the restaurant staff put in extra effort.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Looks like our cabin windows have not been cleaned in a while and also upstairs. No issues with our room being clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Was nice size and had plenty of space for the two of us, but walls were thin and could hear the next cabin at times.

Ship tip

It is a 20 year old ship, my daughter had to cancel the wifi because it did not work. Don't take the Carnival bus to Fort Lauderdale airport, they want you off the boat at 9:30 am but then they hold you too long to catch their 9:30 am ONLY bus, all CARNIVAL FAULT. Still fighting to get our money for this back, they have a 2.5 star rating, should tell you everything.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Daughter did not want to visit but I did, nothing she wanted to see there.

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5
Good but long walk to port for my daughter, we got a golf cart but very short stay there so could not see much. But Key West was nice.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Ok, but again very long walk to gate to the real Mexico for my daughter, I did some outside shopping but she was too tired from long walk.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Horrible, Carnival kept us on the boat longer than we were suppose to be there and missed the ONLY CARNIVAL BUS to Fort Lauderdale. They want you off the ship by 9:30 and the only bus is at 9:30 am but they don't let you off in time to get the bus? Still fighting to get our money back. VERY, VERY POOR PLANNING BY CARNIVAL. the Disembarkation has the LOWEST RATING or any Carnival Experience.
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7 Comments

Sogmoore     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

kelskazoo22     11 months ago

I was on the same cruise and disembarkation was fine except for one issue - people do NOT LISTEN to instructions! I used the Hub app to choose my time (self carry) and had zero issues. However people in line admitted they didn’t wait for their zone to be called and thought it was hilarious. No one else found it funny.

javawoody     11 months ago

Debarkation is most always a mess. Take control and wait on the lido deck until everyone is off, and don’t schedule fights before noon.

cruising2004     11 months ago

As cortneyb stated, customs was probably holding debarkation up, not Carnival. Always plan travel after noon.

Niavlys     11 months ago

Always a way to spoil a cruise...

cortneyb     11 months ago

they constantly run the busses back and forth from the port to the airport. if debarking was held it was more than likely due to customs and the coast guard so carnival can't do anything about that.

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