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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
Carnival Dream

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 05, 2019

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I have no issues with Carnival in general, but the Carnival Dream is not one I would book again. I have sailed with Royal 3 times and Carnival twice - can say I definitely prefer Royal.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
The food was mediocre - we skipped the buffet after trying it twice...food just wasn't good enough to wait in the long line for. The pizza was great as was the burrito bar. Main dinning food was just ok, but service was great.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The pools are RIDICULOUSLY small! Not enough shade/umbrellas. So many people crammed into the tiny pools that my kids didn't even want to go back to the pool after the first day - huge bummer for the whole family.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
Not much to do if your kiddos are older than 5....mine are 12 and 14...they were bored..and with the pools being so small and over crowded...

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Skip this ship!

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

2 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Looong wait! Royal Caribbean was much better organized
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3 Comments

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Have never had a bad experience yet and never plan to!
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Mydogluke    5 years ago

Go back to Royal please??
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jimbo502    5 years ago

I am just the opposite. 11 on carnival, 1 on royal and hated it.
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