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Carnival Dream Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 75

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Carnival Dream

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: 1 month ago

Review summary

There were a lot of hiccups tbh, some good parts too but a LOT of hiccups!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Used Carnival transportation which was a nightmare. They were unfriendly and super disorganized. We were supposed to leave at 10 am and get there around 11 am. Instead we left at noon and got there around 1 pm. Do not use them. Also, we had faster to the fun. A small group of our friends did not have fttf and they got on the ship WAY before us. We got to the port at the same time. It wad obvious that fttf was not prioritized like it should have been.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The Crimson Restaurant

1 out of 5

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.

Pizzeria del Capitano

3 out of 5

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.

Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B- Que Smokehouse

1 out of 5

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

5 out of 5

Great sushi! It does cost but it was worth it! Great service too! The sushi ship is HEAVEN!

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

Great experiences here! Good drinks and good service!

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Pool

3 out of 5

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

5 out of 5

Cute and fun!

Photo Gallery

3 out of 5

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

2 out of 5

The Warehouse Video Arcade

2 out of 5

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

2 out of 5

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

4 out of 5

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

1 out of 5

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

5 out of 5

Camp Ocean

5 out of 5

The kids loved this and had a lot of fun! They had good hours and were friendly too.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great room, very clean, great steward!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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