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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
Carnival Dream

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 27, 2019

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8276

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We made the best of it. We all used Transderm Scop which is the patch behind the ear. I really think this ruined our trip. I think we were all so agitated that it was so difficult to relax and enjoy any of this cruise. We didn't realize until on our way home when I read the side effects to Transdern Scop. Made perfect sense as to why my son thought he had lizards in his bed, why we all had weird funky mouths, 3 out of 4 of us had blurred vision, my daughter couldn't urinate and we were all so agitated with one another we were all miserable.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Crazy hectic but okay.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The main dining rooms (Scarlet) was decent. Their waitstaff was EXCELLENT!! The other eating places including the buffets were simply cafeteria food. I was very disappointed in the food. We did manage to eat in the steak house our last night and that meal as well as the waitstaff was superb.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Water slides, Thalassotherapy pool, massages from the spa (mind you we were hackled to upgrade before the massage, then after massage pressured to by products from the spa. NOT ENJOYABLE!!!!

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Comedy was okay, Bingo was okay. I think the only thing that made any good entertainment was the cruise director Gary. He made the entertainment.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
My son went to the Camp Ocean 3 evening out of the 5 we were there. He loved it!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff were excellent with the exception of maybe 1 or 2. Especially our main waiter in the scarlet dining room named Augustus. HE WAS WONDERFUL!!!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship was clean. The layout was okay.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was great and clean.

Ship tip

Take your Xanax.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5
The smell was awful. The sales people were not pleasant to deal with.

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
We went to Mr. Sancho's. It was okay. The people were nice but I'm sure this is geared for party goers who are there to get trashed. Food was just bar food basically.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Again...bring your Xanax!
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6 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

cmglover25    5 years ago

We had a wonderful time on the Dream May 5th of this year.

cruiseplayer    5 years ago

After 60 cruises with carnival , I have to admit the buffet food has gone way down hill , usually cold or under cooked .

Mydogluke    5 years ago

Why give the Dream 3 stars because you messed up and bought some strange medicine???? Love the Dream

capnbrownbeard    5 years ago

Maybe next cruise try ginger. It's natural so no side effects and you just take it as needed!

keithd1027    5 years ago

Sorry to hear about your issues. We've actually never had to use any of the sea sickness products. Good info on the stuff you used. Thanks. We did Mr. Sanchos on our first cruise. It was fun, but we had the same thoughts as you. We found Nachi Cocum, which is just down the road, and we love it. 130 people max. Food and drinks were MUCH better, and it was the same price as Mr. Sanchos. Hope you keep on cruising. We go on our 3rd in 11 days.

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