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Carnival Dream Cruise Review
8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)
Sail date: June 29, 2024
Ship: Carnival Dream
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 2306
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 3 months ago
Review summary
There were a lot of hiccups tbh, some good parts too but a LOT of hiccups!Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Pizzeria del Capitano
Great pizza but had only one person working there half the time. While other stations like the deli had 2-3 people… made no sense. It was a let down because it was often too crowded.
The Crimson Restaurant
Worst mdr we have ever experienced hands down. We have been on quite a few cruises as gold members and this experience was awful. We were missing drinks right and left and the food was not cooked right and left. Meats were one of the worse as they were never cooked right (nearly raw or way overcooked). The food was not up to par at all. We felt like it was decent quality just really poorly seasoned and cooked. Other examples of not cooked right food: pasta dishes, lava cakes, calamari and more.
Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B- Que Smokehouse
Major let down! We have done the Guy’s bbq on other ships. This time the meat was poor quality and the bbq sauce was very watered down. The mac was only good about half the time (other half just did not seem seasoned or cooked right).
Bonsai Sushi Bar
Great sushi! It does cost but it was worth it! Great service too! The sushi ship is HEAVEN!
Alchemy Bar
Great experiences here! Good drinks and good service!
Onboard Activities
Pool
Pools and slides were great but the movies were awful. They were poorly schedule the whole cruise. Many were during island excursions, right before dinner at 5 pm or at 11 pm. Awful schedule!
Mini Golf
Cute and fun!
Photo Gallery
Good pictures but only had Mediterranean scrapbook options. This ship was so disorganized it was not even funny. Each part had something we were like “what?” on. Smh…
Entertainment
The Warehouse Video Arcade
Huge disappointment… my daughter won 500 tickets but was not given it. We were so exhausted from the large variety of issues on Carnival Dream that we did not go immediately. We even have a pic of her winning and guess what? Did Carnival care, nope! We feel like Carnival is going downhill.
Punchliner Comedy Club
The comedians were fantastic but CARNIVAL was not! Originally there was a line but people skipped left and right. Many of us tried to tell the Carnival workers but no one seemed to care. It was chaos and we quickly realized it was not worth the stress. Very, very sad.
Aft Atrium
Nicely decorated and the Deal or No Deal was fun. Again, Bingo was one the schedule but never made because of the weird schedule. Very disorganized!
Seaside Theater
Awful schedule! We never got to do it this time because of its poor planning: during excursions, right before dinner at 5 pm or 11 pm. They need to retrain their planner.
Children's Programs
Camp Ocean
The kids loved this and had a lot of fun! They had good hours and were friendly too.
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
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