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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Carnival Dream

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 21, 2019

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7305

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

You need to do something about the smoking areas on the ship. There is no way for those who don't care to breath in second hand smoke to avoid it. Smoking guests do not follow the "no smoking" policies as people were smoking off their balcony near our room.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Christian in the Scarlett Dining Room was excellent. The food overall was good as some meals were not very good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
The pools were overcrowded with kids. The pool slides were fun for a short time.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The shows in the Encore Theater were overall good. Dave in the Piano Bar was terrible.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Christian in the Scarlett Dining Room was excellent. Our room steward was also excellent.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
It was impossible to avoid the smokers. The casino area was open to the entire 5 level so you could smell it everywhere. There were no signs letting you know you were about to enter a smoking area so you had no idea until you were breathing it in.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The bed was uncomfortable

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Debarkation at this port was terrible. The design of the shopping center was confusing and hard to navigate through.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras Did not visit port

Weather conditions did not allow us to visit this port.

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Debarkation was good. The port and shops were excellent. The return process to the ship was chaotic due to the security screening process location. This forced people to remain on the water taxi until those in front went through the screening process. This needs to be made more efficient. The cave tubing excursion was an awesome experience!

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Debarkation, the pier and shops were all excellent.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Debarkation in Costa Maya was dangerous. All others were good.
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4 Comments

HollyMI    5 years ago

I challenge you to list 5 things you enjoyed about your cruise. ☺

Mydogluke    5 years ago

You do not sound like you are easy to please.... Love the Dream and Carnival

maryred    5 years ago

Next time report the balcony and out of bounds smokers. Carnival fines them $500 per incident and if they persist the whole cabin will be disembarked at the next port.

Summerholiday    5 years ago

Should travel on carnival Australia no smoking in doors at all only designated areas deck 9 and 10 I would of been straight on the phone to customer service and had them up to your cabin to stop the smoking the penalty is high but some people still don’t care as i don’t when I get it stopped .....

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