Great service, medicore food, too many people

Item: Carnival Dream
Rating: 3
Author: jenliu02

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

jenliu02

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Eastern Caribbean With Carnival Live (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 03, 2016

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7209

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We've been on serveral cruises on different cruise lines. While service is great, with 4500 passengers there were long lines to exit or board the ship. Serving 38,000 meals a day, makes it difficult to have really good food. I think some of the smaller carnival ships had more activities and better food. Great water slides for the kids. Overall, still an enjoyable time but not as good as some of the smaller ships.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Alan and Imade were super friendly and accommodating. We really enjoyed Alan's dancing and happy attitude.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Imade was great! Super accommodating when my kids requested specific towel animals. Overall, great!

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

Carnival Live Concert

5 out of 5

7 Comments

Katievp 8 years ago

That's where I got my information as well. Straight from Carnivals website. Roughly 3600-3700 not 4500.

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frankskevin20 8 years ago

The Dream's maximum capacity of people is 5000, but thats includes a little over 1300 crew members aboard as well. The usual amount typically for paying passengers is around 3700 or so. Just read the ship's stats, and it gives most info about the ship.

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Katievp 8 years ago

OK.

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cajun204 8 years ago

Katievp she was correct with the 4500 passengers. Many rooms hold 3 and 4 people so at capacity the Dream carries more passengers than published. All three of my Dream cruises were around 4500 also.

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batch123 8 years ago

Big ships, little ships. I'm good with either as long as I'm on one.

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birdgirl1 8 years ago

I prefer the smaller ships.

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Katievp 8 years ago

The Dream doesn't hold 4500 passengers. Roughly 3600-3700.

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