Not a happy cruiser this time.

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
Carnival Dream

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 13, 2019

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1369

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I was so excited when I talked my husband into going on a cruise with me. I had been before and it was absolutely wonderful. This ruined it for me. He will never go on another he says. The rooms and the spa were disgusting. The mold made him very ill. He spent the first couple of hours cleaning our room and scraping soap scum off the mirrors. The food on the buffet was the worst I had ever had. The shows were not even close to good except for the Motown show. We did however have a wonderful time each night for dinner in the main dining room with family and our sweet waiter Wesley!!! He made the end of each day for us.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Fast and organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
The buffet was absolutely horrible. It’s bad when a 17 year old male can’t find anything worth eating. The main downing was much better and the service there was top notch.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
We bought the spa package once on board after taking the tour. Seemed relaxing. Well the carpet outside the steam rooms was covered with mold and was disgusting. My husband is allergic to mold and became sick after his first trip to the spa. My sister and nephew also became ill after visiting the spa. My niece and her husband booked a couples massage and although the massage was great they left feeling horrible. They told my niece she was fat and had her in tears and then charged them for a bag of oil and a brush $172 that they later took back.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
The shows were the worst I have ever seen. This was especially disappointing considering I had finally talked my husband into taking a cruise at all. The cruise I took previously had wonderful entertainment. This one did NOT. We saw one good show. The others we left after the first 10 minutes or so.

Children's Programs

We did not take any young children with us.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Staff is always wonderful. Very attentive.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
We had to clean our room upon arrival. It was dirty. The mirror in the bathroom has so much soap scum on it you could scratch your name in it. Not cool co soldering this was my husband’s first cruise and I’ll never be able to talk him into another one. My nephew found little baggies with drug residue in his room and he too had to clean his room upon arrival.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Plenty of room. The extra bath area was great. I do wish however I would not have had to clean when I got there. This was vacation!

Ship tip

Ask for Wesley in the main dining room!!!! He is amazing!!!

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5
No excursion. We have always been fans of New Orleans.

Key West, Florida

3 out of 5
Fun fun place. We dosntje hop on hop off but felt it was a waste because we wndwd up only hoping on and off once but others say they liked it.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5
No excursion here. Walked a lot. It’s beautiful here. Especially the people. Extremely nice.

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
We room a taxi and went to the market. Loved it. Then we went to the free beach. DON’T do that. Take the excursion. The free beach was nasty and gros and people kept trying to sell us drugs. YUK

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Fast and organized.
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5 Comments

Summerholiday    5 years ago

Number one rule is your not happy call guest services they will send a supervisor to your cabin then problem fixed why let something like this spoil your vacation then come back and complain? .....

gailkib    5 years ago

2nd comment I read about how dirty it was, they better clean it up fast or I will cancel the next cruise I have booked with them!

elvis18    5 years ago

Shame your husband had a bad experience for his 1st cruise hopefully he will change is mind and try another one

LoveLoveLove    5 years ago

Did you make photos of your filthy cabin? Did you bring this (your cabin filth) to the attention of guest service? Maybe the cabin was overlooked.

LoveLoveLove    5 years ago

What cabin # and floor

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