Not the cruise we were led to believe

Item: Carnival Dream
Rating: 2.4
Author: rmmuras

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

rmmuras

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 06, 2024

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8442

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Do not believe we will use Carnival again. misled use about this cruise, no included gratuities or drinks

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Slow service, and except for breakfast horrible food.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Stage show was good. other entertainment was ho-hum.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Everybody was very polite. Room was filthy, but it was cleaned after calling housekeeping. Long waits in dining room and only half of buffet area was open at a time.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Only 1 electrical outlet to charge phones and watches. Not able to charge 3 devices at 1 time. Common areas was kept clean. ship seems dated.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Room was a good size. Was initially filthy but was cleaned after housekeeping was called. It was comfortable.

Ship tip

Bring electrical outlet adapters for your devices.

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Had the luggage checked for disembarkation, was still mixed with other passengers hauling their own large luggage.

11 Comments

ChillDude97 7 months ago

On Carnival, most cabins don't have enough outlets. I usually bring an extendor with me.

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Sogmoore 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Kirstiesmom2001 7 months ago

Confused by this. Been on 7 Carnival cruise.

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mikeromme 7 months ago

Mislead? Or you didn’t read!?

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Flcruisepro 7 months ago

Thanks for the review.

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J60406 7 months ago

Gratuities and drinks are never included on most major cruiselines...maybe on the luxury cruiselines. Most of the older ships only have one outlet. If this was your first cruise, more research should have been done.

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lsbs 7 months ago

Carnival’s website contains detailed information on what to expect. Not sure who did the misleading.

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javawoody 7 months ago

Who misled you? I don’t believe it was carnival

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Fuchsia 7 months ago

Who exactly misled you on gratuities and drinks? Travel agent, vacation planner, friends, etc? Cruises are pretty clear on those items on their website.

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DACruiser57 7 months ago

Can you elaborate on how you were misled on gratuities and drinks. CCL site is fairly clear on those topics.

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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