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Carnival Dream Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 02, 2023

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6359

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

This was my 3rd cruise and 2nd with carnival. And this was the best cruise so far

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embarkation went smoothly with the long lines to check in and go through security. Got on the ship a little after 11:00am. After platinum, diamond and faster to fun boarded the ship first

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
All the drinks from the bar was good. The food at the buffet was ok nothing amazing. The food at pasta bella, Guy's burger, blue iguana cantina and pizzeria del capitano was all good

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I bought a 8 day spa pass to use the hydrotherapy pool and thermal suites. Which was nice and relaxing. Also played deal or no deal and won $30 and casino free play

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Went to lots of the shows and saw 80s pop to the max, America Rocks, Motown and flick which was all good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All the staff was very nice and friendly to talk too

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was clean and decor look really good

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had a balcony room

Ship tip

Just have fun

Ports of call

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
In Freeport our excursion was the open air-tram, Cooper's Castle & local food tasting

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Had excursion book at blue lagoon island but it was cancelled. So book another excursion on the ship and went to Pearl Island

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
Did the Conch Tour Train and Key West Shipwreck museum

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Did not do an excursion. Was just a Beach. But this was far the best port. Half Moon Cay was paradise

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5
Did not do anything in Galveston. Went the night before we left for our cruise and stay at the Galveston Inn & Suites. And ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant called Salsa's on the Seawall Blvd

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We took our own luggage off the ship. Got off the ship a little after 7:00am after platinum, diamond and faster to fun got off first
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