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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 104

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 23, 2022

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 2288

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

This cruise was excellent, the Dream is an older ship and it shows. It seems the ships are a little understaffed but its a cruise and all inclusive Don't be in a hurry for anything I don't know if it was the month or the ocean but the water was colder than the Western Caribbean. I was severely disappointed with Guys Pig and Anchor sauce was amazing but the Q was bland and unseasoned, take a pass on this place. Also on eating take a chance on the Pasta Cochina for lunch, a hidden treasure.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
due to road construction our time slot was crowded, but other that that it was smooth was able to use Verifly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was standard for Carnival long wait for the MDR regardless of time we went. Also Guys Pig and Anchor is so bland if you like real BBQ stay away

Pizzeria del Capitano

5 out of 5

A must do available all day

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We were pooll rats during the cruise and I enjoyed it immensely. Also took advantage of the Twister Slide so much fun!

Pool

4 out of 5

always crowded but thats to be expected

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Was disappointed with the Piano bar (our guy changed the songs so it was hard to sing along) Musicians were nice to hear in the various stages

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All were very friendly and helpful

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Continual cleaning went on throughout the cruise

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
we had a cove balcony which is always nice. there was a fair amount of paint spillage all over the balcony space

Ship tip

be patient everyone wants food and drink and there is enough for everyone.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas Did not visit port

we drove in on embarkation day and boarded the ship

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5
it is Key West we just walked around and got some Conch fritters

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
We did the Pirates Cove beach excursion with food and drink we were given chairs and an umbrella. The beach was great and very relaxing. Drink Bush Crack beer its excellent

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
beautiful beach we got a clam shell (highly recommend). Lunch was tasty unfortunately we were a ways away from the bar so limited beverages

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
My favorite excursion we did the catamaran and snorkling excursion. Beautiful water excellent staff on boat and snorking was premiere

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We got lucky as we were ready to go and got cleared early having our luggage with us we were able to disembark the ship early a very smooth process
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6 Comments

Luv2Cruise2014    2 years ago

Thank you for the detailed review. We sail May 15th and this will be our 5th time on the old girl (Dream).

CollinsCruise    2 years ago

Thanks for the review! Can’t wait to sail on her in July!!

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience

jimbo502    2 years ago

Agree about the bbq. It’s all oven cooked, not your standard wood fired smoked meat.

takens    2 years ago

Thank you for you review. We have a Cruise on the Dream July 30th. Same itinerary.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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