The last Carnival cruise we will ever take

Item: Carnival Dream
Rating: 2.2
Author: SunnyinMA

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

SunnyinMA

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 11, 2023

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9371

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The cutbacks, lack of (good) staff and supply chain issues are far too obvious with Carnival now. It's time for another cruiseline or a land based adventure moving forward.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Dining room food was always cold and nearly inedible, we ate mostly at the pizza, Blue Iguana and Guys.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Room steward was lovely but very overworked. We only saw the bare minimum being done everywhere. Waiters ands bar staff ranged from cold and rude to just exhausted and didn't care anymore with the occasional ray of sunshine in the bunch. So rare, in fact, that we always remarked to each other about someone being nice to us in an astonished way. The entertainment staff was the absolute worst, especially Jose. I couldn't wait to get off this ship and cancel all of my future carnival cruises and I did. After 12 of them, no more.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Old and warn-out is the nicest thing I can say about this ship with it's shabby linens and threadbare towels.