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Carnival Dream Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 76

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Carnival Dream

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 27, 2019

Ship: Carnival Dream

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We choose the Carnival Dream for our family cruise this year. Sailed her before out of NOLA before the 2.0 upgrades. She’s looking good and still sailing fine. Embarkation was insane! The gangway was broken so we walked a mile through the port to embark on Deck 0. It was awful hot and it took forever. Not good Port of Galvaston. After the were settled things started looking up. Sail away was great...fun fun fun! Activities, shows, dining was a delight, no issues. The stage show Flick was the best show I’ve seen on a cruise. It’s not to be missed. Plenty of fun stuff for all ages. Since this was our 2nd time on Dream we knew what to expect. My Hubs and I got the Spa pass and it was worth every penny. Y’all it is so relaxing. Go during times when other events are going on and you will have the place to yourself. Soaking, relaxing, steam, sauna ahhhh, just what we needed. The live entertainment in Ocean Plaza was superb. Lexie and the band rocked the house and there might have been a Tina Turner dance off to Rolling on the River. Disembarkation was as awful as embarkation. I think we will stick to NOLA as our home port. It’s just easier. Overall good cruise... thx Carnival!!!

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Gangway was broken and only Sweet Baby Jesus helped us deal with embarking.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Tried the Steakhouse, well worth the money. Went on the 1st day and got the free bottle of wine. I asked for it. Also had the made to order pasta (it’s included). It was huge and outstanding. I got the half order of pasta and it was HUGE! Pasta Bar is hard to find, aft deck 10 just above the buffet. It’s only open from 12-2:30p so plan for it

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Standard Carnival balcony cabin. It was clean and spacious. The frig didn’t get too cold. No complaints 😊

Ship tip

Spa...just say Yes!!!

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5
It was seaweed season so the port smelled like sewage. I’ve been before and it’s not always like that. I like the port area and that’s about all in Costa Maya.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Been 10 times and it never disappoints...went to the Aqua Beach Resort. I like Paradise Beach better.

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5
It’s not a sexy port like Miami. It’s an industrial port so there’s that. No real issues just busy. The port could use some more organization.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    3 years ago

Thanks for the review

Texasmom22    5 years ago

Great review!! Have you tried faster to the fun? Probably doesn't help when the gangway is broken!! But otherwise makes embarkation and debarkation so amazing and fast in Galveston. I'll look for the pasta on the dream in August! Thanks!

Mydogluke    5 years ago

Love the Dream

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