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Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 29, 2024

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7316

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

The quality of the food and entertainment has gone down since Covid. We will probably not book on Carnival again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Not many choices and quality was iffy. Servers were great.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Too many people and not enough to do that intereested us.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Show quality was poor. Musicians were good.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
My granddaughter loved the program and wanted to go every night.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward Roy was wonderful! He took great care of us and always called us by our names yet was never intrusive. One of the best I have ever had.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Yes they are clean, but the ship is showing wear and tear of its age. An example is that the hot tubs need to be resurfaced. Also, there isn't a pool in the adult only area and the bar is usually closed when we go there.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Stain on the carpet. No coffee machine or privacy curtain to seperate sleeping area from the sitting area. Toilet seat was broken when we got there.

Ship tip

Bring ways to entertain yourself such as cards if you aren't into trivia. Bring your own shampoo, conditioner, and toilet paper. Bring your own insulated cups to carry around the ship if you get the bubbles package.around t

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5
Too much traffic trying to get into the cruise port.

Key West, Florida

3 out of 5
Went on the hop on and off trolley. Should have stayed in the port area.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

2 out of 5
Very disorganized and frustrating. Our excursion location was not labeled and no one knew where we were supposed to meet. The port was 45 minutes away from the resort we went to. The water around the resort was stinky and had lots of seaweed and sea grass. The food was subpar. The pool was great and they made very strong drinks on the positive side.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
We rented a clam shell and stayed on the beach. It was one of our best days on the cruise.

Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5
Too many ships in port at once. Very disorganized getting from boats to buses. Other ships all trying to get off at once and lines crossing through each other. Very frustrating and easy to get separated from your group. Love Atlantis but too many people at once.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We were one of the first groups to leave because we had a suite. It was very organized and went quickly. Made it worth paying for a suite.
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8 Comments

Ladyjunecliff     5 months ago

Thanks for your review! Glad you enjoyed your suite

Sogmoore     5 months ago

All cruise lines are taking their time to go back to pre Covid standards.

Gwbigdog     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

jallaway     5 months ago

It was rock bottom in late 2021. Be glad you went in 2024.

javawoody     5 months ago

Sorry your expectations were not met

cruising2004     5 months ago

Thank you for your review.

jimbo502     5 months ago

Next time, fly somewhere.

HeavySeas     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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