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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 50

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Dream

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 09, 2015

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7320

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

We cruised The Dream Aug 9-16 and LOVED that the ship was as huge as most of the Royal Caribbean vessels! The wait staff was moderately customer friendly (some more than others); however, Marlon (our cabin steward) was outstanding! The food was mediocre (except the newly implemented bar-b-que grill section), the slot machines were very tight and took quite a bit of my money. The comedy shows were passable; however, the Encore Shows were not good at all!!!  I would strongly suggest that they change The Legends format. I've been on 6 Carnival cruises and have seen the guests perform as the same characters (Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Brittany Spears, Frank Sinatra, etc), sing the same songs and viewed the same performance by the cruise director each time.  It's time for a change!!!!

Because I love cruises, I don't believe in BAD cruises--only Good, Better and Best.  For this cruise, I rate it BETTER than the Elation but it was not my BEST Carnival cruise.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We loved our cabin and Marlon (the cabin steward) did a marvelous job of maintaining it to level of expectation.

Ship tip

Try visiting the barbecue section on the ship for lunch. The food is a welcomed change.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

Hampy    9 years ago

I like your rating system.  I think you're right, there are no bad cruises ;) but there are definitely better cruises!

glomarrone    9 years ago

I have seen those Legend shows and do not go to them any more unless I know one of the performers.  I just wish that all the cruise ships could change the shows more often.  One of the main reason that I take a cruise after the itinerary and the food is the nightly entertainment. 

Bubba54    9 years ago

Thanks for the review. I like the I don't believe in bad cruises.

tooteebug    9 years ago

well , I've been on 2 cruises and never seen anything you speak of lol I've never seen any Elvis, Aretha, or Britney! Lol how am I missing it!? what is a Legends??

Whittfamily    9 years ago

Sorry you lost money on slots. My daughter was the lucky one on penny slots. She put $10 in and won $848. But we made her cash out at $800. Then last night she put 10 in and cashed out at 50. We each had 10 limit a day. BBQ looked great, but line was long. But during BBQ right inside the doors ocean plaza was a wonderful salad bar and chips/dips bar set up. It was great and never a line. 

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