Worst Carnival Cruise

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

bjebner

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 09, 2023

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2387

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

VERY disappointed! If I could only tell you how many people I overheard complaining about the smell, the food, the shows and the cruise director. When I visited customer service, I felt like I was treated poorly as well. I did not appreciate paying extra for a balcony that was not usable. They offered a food voucher - NO THANKS!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Boarded early and wasn't a long wait at all.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Dining room servers were awesome - food servings were very small - buffets weren't open all at the same time and seemed to serve same thing everyday - Guy's burgers and Pizza joint were the 2 staples during the day!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

worst ever - 30 min song and dance - not what we've ever seen in the past.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our servers in dining were AWESOME (Leonardo, Carlos and Tatuu) Our steward was AMAZING (Juan)

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

JUAN did an amazing job keeping our room clean! The ISSUE was we paid for a balcony that was unusable due to a raw sewage odor once we were able to open up after the hurricane weather.......

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

too crowded and after spending the money for a golf cart to get around and paying for a public parking pass - there was NO WHERE to park!!!

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

spent our time at Dick & Willy's in port.

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island) Did not visit port

decided not to get off ship

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Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5

decided to walk to public beach to see the area and visit local business' - we were harrassed by the street people - anything from needing a ride, weed, coke, adderal or any other street drug they could name. Once we reached the beach - the people that rent the umbrella's and chairs harassed us all the way down the beach until we finally ducked into a resturaunt. We opted for a taxi back just to not be harrased.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

quickly and easily

12 Comments

jimbo502 1 year ago

Some people just aren’t cruisers. Professional gripper.

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mary0909 1 year ago

You missed the best port.

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HeavySeas 1 year ago

I'm not buying this review. Stateroom 2387 on the Dream is an interior

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maryred 1 year ago

Sorry can't believe this review as it contains a whopping inaccuracy. Come on trolls do a little research to make your fictions more believable.

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Sogmoore 1 year ago

That disappointing. Thanks for sharing

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jallaway 1 year ago

Interesting comment about the outside sewage smell. We experienced one day of that on the Dream and they said it was the balcony drains. Not sure what they did but it was fixed within hours

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

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crusin4gramma 1 year ago

You didn't even get off at the best port after complaining about the others?????

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crazycruisinman 1 year ago

Sounds like the same type of cruise we had on that BOAT...will not go back to that company...Not FUN at all...

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JimOhio 1 year ago

Thanks for the review. For the worst cruise ever, an overall rating of 3.7 seems high. For a worst cruise ever, the stellar embarkation and disembarkation plus two 5 star ports wouldn't make me much happier after suffering with the odor of raw sewage.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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