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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Dream

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 13, 2015

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9400

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

The Good:

-Ports of Call
-Being on Vacation
-Dinner Service Staff (not brunch... but dinner)
-Steakhouse Food - was worth the money
-Housekeeping was OK, but seemed off.  We've been spoiled by great service on other carnival cruises.  Not this one.


The Bad:

-Cabin 9400 Smells Like an RV that needs to have its waste serviced - foul odor for 3 days... not sure what caused it, but eventually it went away.  I have never been woken up by a smell before.  Can now cross that off my list... just foul and embarrassing for Carnival.

-Steakhouse Staff was bad.  Our party had to ask for water/bread.  No one manning the front - didn't answer the phone

-Other people/guests - talk about a floating casino...    It sure seemed like it. Maybe it was when we were cruising?

-Food - it seemed off.  Lower quality than I'm used to with Carnival

Overall, wasn't quite what I expected, but if you can't have a good time despite service, staff, etc... there's something wrong with you.  

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food could be better quality. Rotten bananas and green oranges. It's like produce at Wal-Mart. (under or over ripened) Undercooked bacon... all the usual buffet problems.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Dinner Service was good. Everything else was bad. Actually had a crew member tell us we couldn't get a burger without cheese. Really?

Cabin / Stateroom

This cabin stinks. I would NEVER, EVER book it again. And, it changed my mind about Carnival cruises. It smells like the back of a greyhound. The sewage smell literally woke me up in the middle of the night. The crew didn't have any good remedies except to clean. It's a ship design problem - not anything dirty in the room.

Ship tip

Don't book #9400. Steakhouse is great food, bad service.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

gary1827    9 years ago

love the Dream

noname111    9 years ago

Thank you for posting your review. It is disappointing to hear about the waste system problem but I have experienced bad smelling cabins on more than just Carnival. 

glomarrone    9 years ago

So many ships seem to have plumbing problems.  What a shame!  It can really ruin your vacation. 

CrusinTim    9 years ago

We sailed on the Dream back in 2010 when it was new and even then there were complaints of the sewerage smell plaguing the ship. Luckily, we never had to experience it. I agree, must be a design problem. I am also reading issues like this about other ships on other lines. Wonder if it is not just a design problem but what shipyard built it!!

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