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Carnival Conquest Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
Carnival Conquest

4 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 29, 2023

Ship: Carnival Conquest

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Terrible. Worst cruise I been on. Expected more from Carnival, but was total dissapointment.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Easy to get inside the waiting room, but the long wait was annoying. Our time to get on was 10.00-10.30am and we got on past 11.00am. And we were the first there in line in the morning at 8.30am. So almost 3 hours later we step a foot on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food was nothing wauw. Everyday same breakfast. Nothing new. Lunch and dinner was not much interesting. Taste of the food was weird sometimes. Fruits always same. Oranges taste weird and grapefruit eww. Deserts too simple. Sushi was not yummy. Pizza too long waiting. Burger was good. Tacos eww.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Not enough activities in my opinion and entertainment was not convincing. Bingo is a joke. Pay $48 for package and win $150. Really? Pools are too small for almost 3000 guests. Not even movies everyday attracted the guests. New years celebration was boring. I expected more. Music started at 11.30pm like really? Countdown was gone before midnight. Total flop.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Only the DJ was kind of fun. The latin music in the casino and people dancing was also nice. Other than that what else? Not much.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our stateroom attendant was OK. Helpfull and nice. But not all the employees around were nice. Some were rude when you ask something as a first time carnival cruiser. The omelet station employee seemed to be working annoyed always looking at the line of people waiting, shaking his head and like mad/serious face. Not friendly at all. Buffet employees were not really friendly either.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Ship is a total mess. Old, stained, dirty. Bathrooms at buffet were ewww. Our room had a broken lamp. Our bathroom had old dirty lamps. All windows around dirty. Not well maintained at all. Ewww.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
We were 3 people. A couple and a granny (mom). We got 2 single beds put together and one single bed on top. How is my 75 yr old mom suposed to climb on a bed in the air. We ended up sleeping all 3 on the 2 single beds put together. Uncomfy and not suitable for us. We had 2 lamps, and one was broken. Our bathroom lights were old and dirty. Terrible

Ship tip

Don't go!

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Oef fast and the best. We couldn't wait to get off that ship. Carnival never again. We will remain Loyal to Royal, where we feel like Royalty without a doubt.
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13 Comments

Sogmoore     9 months ago

Wow a lot of 1 stars. A cruise is what you make it

hamma21     10 months ago

I posted about the Conquest that it should be retired. That ship is disgusting. If u sail Carnival it has to be the new ships.

kelskazoo22     10 months ago

Wow. Just wow! I can’t even begin to form any kind of comment other than wow! Perhaps reading the info provided at booking and prior to embarkation would be a good starting point?

Gwbigdog     10 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks, research is mandatory

Niavlys     10 months ago

At least your disembarkation went well... 😂😂😂

1960cruiser     10 months ago

I dont think I read a more petty review than yours in quite a while. It seemed every little thing made you mad, but the thing is, it's all on you for the most part. So you all three slept in one bed, because one of you was too proud to sleep on the upper berth......really! I'm just wondering during your cruise being angry about everything if you actually took a minute or two to enjoy the cruise that you paid good money for, cause it appears to me, you ruined that cruise, not Carnival.

tavo6     10 months ago

I would certainly made sure my mother was confortable on her own cabin !

gwright1129     10 months ago

Check in time is NOT your boarding time. You can read about the layout of the cabins before you book... sounds like YOU didn't do your homework. 🤷‍♀️

cortneyb     10 months ago

No!! your check in time for the port was 10-1030. NOT boarding time. when will people read that and get it right

mstt2410     10 months ago

While reading the review, i guess immediately this cruiser was a RC cruiser way b4 i seen their preference.

jurias0570     10 months ago

We were on it in September been on carnival royal ships . Actually injoyed it fiid is better if you pay for the pay restaurants. Bingo was fun won 500 the crew was as u said not happy ho lucky but weren't rude by no means. Ship is older but nice. Started out packed on pool party labor day. But later was quite calm. Had lots of fun. Yes rooms in staterooms are two single beds thin matresses. Suites are better thicker mattresses.

cruising2004     10 months ago

Guess you didn’t like your cruise at all!

Shh813     10 months ago

Wow, didn’t you ask any questions when you were booking the cabin. Let them know the3rd person was 75 yrs old. That’s not their fault, it’s yours. We were on the Conquest in 2019 and loved it. Ship was best, especially the Sunflower Atrium and the food was delicious. Ports were fantastic.

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