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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 30, 2023

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11267

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Overall the cruise was fine. I did enjoy that there was a smaller non-smoking casino. We didn’t encounter any really rude people or anything. The quality of the food in the MDR was disappointing, and when we asked for something (like a water refill), we felt like it was annoying the staff. The staff everywhere else on the ship was fantastic! Our room was nice, and I would stay in it again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
MDR was lacking in both service and quality of food offerings. We were pretty disappointed. Lido dining was all right, and about what was expected. Guys Burgers was great. Blue Iguana tacos were great. The best food on the ship was at Pasta Bella.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
There was a lot going on but it was a lot of the same stuff all day.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Flick was just a weird show. The violin trio was great. The country music male duo was ok - they didn’t sing the right words to a lot of songs. The other group that sang was good. The DJ on the lido played the same songs over and over.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward was great - his name was Bagus. We had a favorite bartender at the Ocean Plaza on Deck 5 mid - Arun. It seems like the bartenders were understaffed. The MDR attendants weren’t that great.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The Dream is laid out like any other ship. It was nice. It could probably use some updating.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room was plenty big, the balcony had a very nice view and it was kept very clean by Bagus.

Ship tip

Don’t eat in the MDR every night.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

2 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
It was fast. We did our own carry off. It’s hard to do that with only a few elevators functioning. Next time we might check our bags to be carried down by the crew the night before.

Traveler Photos

Atlantis Beautiful water View under our balcony - Dream room 11266
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