Great Cruise! Carnival Dream is dated, but nice.

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 23, 2022

Ship: Carnival Dream

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall this was a fantastic cruise and we would do it again! The carnival dream is old but we really like the ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth and quick. Scheduled times.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food on the Dream is better than past trips. Food quality is much better.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The dream is a little dated so it doesn’t have all of the amenities but what they have is great! Thoroughly enjoyed the spa services. Nice staff. This ship only has two pools and they were so crowded it was kind of gross to even think about getting into them.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The carnival dream rock band is impeccable. High-quality musicians and vocal skills. We were blown away by the talent.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Overall really good staff and they mostly appear to be happy in their professions. Many go out of their way to take care of customers and always had a smile on their face.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The carnival dream is dated. It had a refresh recently but they didn’t go far enough. Our room had to be cleaned when we went into it because they didn’t do a great job but the service after that was very good. Like everything else not enough staff is probably the problem. We decided to have grace and understanding.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was a typical carnival cabin. It was really nice being close to the spa where we had access to their gigantic world pool and steam rooms.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

2 out of 5
It’s Galveston. Nothing special. The hotels are generally wore down and not very nice. We stayed at a Holiday Inn express that was filthy. Literally disgusting.

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
One of my favorite stuffs that I’ve ever had. Really good time at this stop.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5
Didn’t do much here. Just shopped around at the port.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
This is my all-time favorite place to visit. If I had it my way the cruise would go here every single day. Baby powder sand and the water is like a swimming pool. Simply amazing.

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
High-pressure sales people everywhere you go. We didn’t enjoy this whole lot. Didn’t feel 100% safe either.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth! Well organized. 15 minutes once called.
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7 Comments

Ginny1165    2 years ago

So glad you enjoyed the rock band, my daughter is the female vocalist 😁

CollinsCruise    2 years ago

Thanks for the review. We’re sailing on her in July!

Tropicgal    2 years ago

I enjoyed the Dream and understand about older ships that need more revamping. Thanks for the review.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. Glad you enjoyed yourselves.

javawoody    2 years ago

I enjoy older ships, glad you enjoyed the cruise

GigiComeaux    2 years ago

I have to add Good eats bar has been horrible, tasteless and staff is rude. Very disappointed.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise even though you feel the ship is dated.

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