Had higher expectations for my first cruise.

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Carnival Dream

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 24, 2019

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11237

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Had higher expectations. Thought the ports would be a little more exotic rather than touristy.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Went smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Thought the food was pretty good. Loved Guy’s burgers.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools, spas, basketball and mini golf. All were enjoyable.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
I thought the stage shows were great but the DJ was weak. Most of the time the ship seemed dead.

Children's Programs

Didn’t bring kids

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
For most of the week we were treated fairly well by our staff. The very last night they pretty much ignored us though. Our main waiter Abrianna didn’t hardly visit our table the entire night.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was fine. Our stewardess did well with keeping our room clean and making us feel comfortable

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

1 out of 5
Loved NO. Traffic was terrible due to Mardi Gras. Parking wasn’t planned well. We were forced to pay $140 for parking and then led to an open muddy field for parking. The parking garage was full but they didn’t tell us this at all. Instead they took our money, let us sit in the garage for an hour and then transferred us to an over flow field with little explanation.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5
Didn’t really do any excursions here but had easy access to the beach. Was a nice beach.

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5
We swam with sharks which was a lot of fun. Problem is since we had to take an hour boat ride there and back there was no time to explore Belize. The one island we stopped on had some rather rude locals. Had one hitting on my wife and buddies girlfriend which made them both rather uncomfortable.

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5
No easy access to beach. Very touristy with the locals rather aggressive.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Disembarkation went fairly smoothly.
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4 Comments

jimmypayne    5 years ago

Summerholiday    5 years ago

Best to head to a resort for the day if you want peace and quiet..as most ports are pretty much taken over by touristy stores and items that i love 💕 all that is why we cruise 🚢 If you don’t like that well why not fly to a exotic location we loved cancun, ?

terriesanchez    5 years ago

My goal now when cruising is to see what kind of deal I can get on spa cabins!

jstubblefield    5 years ago

Unfortunately most of the ports are commercialized now. I go on cruises just for the ship.

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