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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Dream

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Sail date: March 30, 2013

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

Beautiful ship. Staff was so friendly and helpful. Very clean. Lots of fun stuff for the kids. Customer service desk was less than helpful, though. I think they're told to just stare and act stupid so you'll walk away. Buffet food and set up was not good. Too many long lines to get average food that never changed day after day. Dining food was pretty good. I ended up with a strange stomach problem by the end of the week. I think they must use a lot of MSG because my stomach felt distended. Skipped our stop to Roatan because of choppy waters. Bummed about that. When we stopped in Costa Maya we had to be back on the ship by 1:30pm, which I think was WAY too early. Yes, I have a few complaints but overall it was a fantastic vacation and I would book with Carnival again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Eh, buffet not so good

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our steward was awesome.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Top notch

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Go to the back of the ship, outside by the pool for most meals. It's the farthest distance from the main elevators so it's less busy. At the ports, get off early. Sometimes other ships come in and you have to wait for them to dock.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5
Plan to do an excursion. Book online directly with the excursion before your cruise.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras Did not visit port

Didn't get to stop due to choppy water.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Take a taxi to the town/beach. Great food and snorkeling. Buy all your souvenirs there.
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2 Comments

truelovex4    11 years ago

Cave tubing

CruiselineQ    11 years ago

Which excursion did you do in Belize?

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