Worst Carnival Cruise I’ve ever been on!

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
Carnival Dream

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 17, 2017

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6379

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

In my 4 cruises with Carnival, this was the worst cruise I’ve ever been on. 1st balcony, lots of money, and a horrible cruise!! Too many things were wrong! Bye bye Carnival!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Went smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining hall was delicious every night. Ate breakfast the only day they had it open. The buffet was horrible. Basically the same foods every day and the food was horrible. Ate sweets for lunch!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Was told they had a scrapbooking class on this ship but they didn’t. No ice skating rink. We watched a few shows and one of the comedians was awful! There just wasn’t much to do for us on this ship.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Out of 4 cruises on Carnival, this was the worst!!

Children's Programs

Don’t have kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
They all did an excellent job!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
I’ve never had such a hard time getting around on a ship. It was very confusing! Yes, all were clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The bed was the worst I’ve ever slept on. It hurt my back pretty bad so I couldn’t do much. There was no where to sit in the room. The drawers were sticky (were not cleaned). The 1st time we have a balcony and have all these problems. And I’m still having problems with my back thanks to your awful bed that should have had a pad over the twin beds!!

Ship tip

Find another ship! This was probably my last cruise with Carnival. They also tore up 2 pieces of my luggage!

Ports of call

Montego Bay, Jamaica Did not visit port

Back hurting from that bed!

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

Back hurting from that bed!

Cozumel, Mexico Did not visit port

Back hurting from that bed! Thank you Carnival...I never got off the ship because I couldn’t walk far because my back was killing me!! I wasted a lot of money on what I thought was going to be a beautiful and fun Christmas cruise! Very upset!!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Good & quick
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8 Comments

frankskevin20    6 years ago

cajun204- same here for us as well, it'll be our third cruise aboard the Dream come May 28th!! Can hardly wait for it!!!! 😊

cajun204    6 years ago

This ship is highly rated for a reason. 9/10 people would sail on her more than once. Op is the one. All good. Personally I love everything about the Dream. # 3 on her in May

Shay1920    6 years ago

Sorry about your experience, but a little research and you could have found out what activities are available on their ships. The activities that you wanted are not available on Carnival, they're on Royal Caribbean. A quick check on their website would have shown you that. As far as the room being clean, all you had to do was let your room steward know. They could have also gotten you an egg crate or extra comforters to help with the comfort of the bed.

funboomer47    6 years ago

Ice skating rinks are Royal Caribbean.

Mcochran6    6 years ago

Mcochran6    6 years ago

Rofl the ice skating rink through me off too lol

Summerholiday    6 years ago

What the f.. did u want a ice skating rink for ? Massive ship and nothing to do .. doesn’t that tell you something!!!!

Summerholiday    6 years ago

If your room was not clean .. then you should of asked for it to be cleaned properly as soon as you found the problem.. and as for the bed they could of put a egg shell liner on which would have made it more comfortable.. why was there no where to sit ? If the food was so bad in the buffet you could of had other food .. fresh made sandwiches or salad pizza burgers .. room service why was the balcony a problem? 20 cruises have not had a bad on yet we always find something for a light lunch then go to the MDR for dinner none of this would of spoiled my cruise ... why wait till you get back to complain all your issues could of been fixed and you could of had a great vacation...

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