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Item: Carnival Dream
Rating: 4.9
Author: lewisclark

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

lewisclark

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 21, 2018

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6314

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Our first cruise; a whole new adventure! Be prepared for lots of walking. the lines to embark and disembark are long and slow; the wait at the elevators could be long, several times most of them were turned off. The safety talk at your muster station needs improvement, everyone is standing side by side in rows of 15 deep. we could not see what they were doing! Definitely need a place to seat us. On a positive note our cabins were good just needed more outlets! the food and entertainment were great and plentifully. Port transportation was good. The staff was great always kind and helpful. Cleanliness was awesome; they were always cleaning!! Would vacation this way again!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

slow moving process

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

trivia games, live music, pools, mini golf

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

no children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

everyone was kind, smiling and willing to help

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

cleaning was constantly being done very impressive

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

very good other than not enough outlets!!

Ship tip

always wear comfortable shoes

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Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

went to Mr. Sanchos and shopped

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

shopped

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George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

now we wish we took the sight seeing tour a very beautiful place

Thumbs Up 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

long lines

5 Comments

smidgetfun 6 years ago

If you go on you tube they tell you to bring and extra power cord and other ideas to make your trip more pleasuable. Children programs or awesome from what I seen.

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Shaundalynn 6 years ago

We were on January 21. We got to the drill early to make sure we got a seat. I agree that the lines to get on and off are long but hey

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

We take our time and soak it in. No sense in being in a hurry, you have a whole cruise coming up. 😋😋

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shingaling 6 years ago

If you get FTTF you don't have to wait in those long slow lines. As for the muster drill, there's nothing you weren't seeing; they don't do anything there (except put bands on the kids' wrists). The point of the drill is for you to know where to go.

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cruiseaddict2015 6 years ago

We loved the Dream sailed on her last June, our Muster drill was in one of the dining rooms so we were able to sit, we hardly ever took elevators used the stairs to walk off all those calories. As for embarkation and Debarkation no issues lines a bit long but was on ship by noon and off by 9:30am.

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