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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5
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Carnival Dream

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 17, 2017

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7221

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

It was disappointing due to the dinning service and bar service, and Spa, and horrible neighbors. I could not recommend the cruise to you. Two of the three ports are great but Belize needs a lot of improvement. I was extremely disappointed with the spa. I feel I did not get what I paid for. The dinning food was great but the service was the worst I have ever had on a Carnival cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Good job on the embarkation.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
I signed up for anytime dinning. Terrible service all nights but 1. Food was great but sitting at the table crammed by the aisle was annoying to have waiters dashing by and not noticing us was disappointing. The two bars at the pool completely ignored us and this is unacceptable service the three times were attempted to get a drink. Bar service in the casino was so slow I cancelled my order after 20-30 minutes waiting and asking for it three times.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The pools were so crowded with screaming kids I did not attempt to swim or lounge. I purchased a cloud nine spa package to use the spa facilities and three of the spa room were shut down for maintenance. The mineral hot tub had a lot of soap skum and tiles were missing. The hot chairs had many that did not work. Maintenance needs to get busy and not leave a mess during operating hours. I had scheduled a sea weed wrap and the employees were at a training session and were 25 minutes late returning. I was told I would need to reschedule, so I simply cancelled due to the bad service. I had the face service, (look 10 years younger )and got a giant bruise on my face which look horrible. The lady gave me some make up which still did not cover the dark purple bruise. I did not buy any pictures due to this. My lips do not look even from the filler and I showed the Lady Doctor and she stated they did. They are not even on the top and bottom lips. I should have received a discount on a large refund. I ordered the teeth whitening kit and it still has not arrived. I spent a great deal of money on services in the spa and I am very disappointed by all this.

Entertainment

Did not go.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
The room was clean and our steward left us towel animals. He gets a five but every one else get a one star.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
They were clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The shower outside drain was clogged and the sink drained very slow. Everything else was fine. The neighbor on one side had the loudest kids that screamed and cried and bumped the walls every time they were in the room. The neighbor across got in a loud verbal screaming match twice and was terrifying. I had to call security. This made me very nervous in the hall. I did not feel safe.

Ship tip

I was very disappointed.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 out of 5
Port was nice but N O has too much crime.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Mahogany Bay is very nice.

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5
Port is horrible. Stay on the boat.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Cozumel has wonderful snorkeling and beautiful water. The shop employees are pesky at the port.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Well organized. But one of our bags were crushed, the inside bars were bent almost broken.
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9 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Blainesterrr    7 years ago

I loved the Dream 2 weeks ago! Totally different experience for me!

cajun204    7 years ago

Agree with spa services on all cruise lines. Huge mark up. Other than than I’d highly recommend the Dream.

medic4braves106    7 years ago

Get your massage on the beach much cheaper 😉

Hadaway    7 years ago

My god the price that’s three times what u pay on land wasn’t worth It. That shouldn’t have been a surprise.

xina1999    7 years ago

If the spa keeps pushing, that’s a sign for you to push back. Be firm, tell them no. They’re like sharks-they sense weakness and they move in. That’s they job. As for crappy neighbors-did you complain?

PattiHawaii    7 years ago

ditto on the sales pitch. I finally bought something so they would let us leave!

MandyCruisesToo    7 years ago

Last time I was on the Dream MDR service was slow as well. And I don't do the spa anymore, ie, massages, facials..ect, because of the sales pitch at the end. But I enjoy the thermal pool and steam rooms.

csaunders11    7 years ago

Would you mind elaborating on your spa experience? I have a spa cabin next week. I am wondering what I can expect.

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