Bahamas or Bust

Carnival Dream Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Dream

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 05, 2024

Ship: Carnival Dream

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6359

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Great time. Interesting stories due to Hurricane Milton causing us to cruise into the Atlantic and down towards Cuba. Finally got to visit the Bahamas. Overall a great experience and we would do it again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
My wife uses a rolling stroller due to bad knees. We were dreading the long lines, but she was able to get a wheel chair which kept her knee pain to a minimum.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Would say the only food issue was debarkation day breakfast. The waffles were very dry. Other than that, all the food was great.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We saw shows, played trivia and watched a movie, so I cannot comment on anything else.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Shows were great. New Family Feud was done well, just like the real show. Comedians and singers were great too.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff members were friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship was clean and it was easy to get around. The only negative I might say is I noticed rust coming through the outside paint in the white sections where it stands out. However, I did see there were painters working on the outer paint while in the Freeport docks.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We were able to stow all our stuff in cabinets and drawers and under the bed. It was very nice and kept clean.

Ship tip

Sometimes on elevators you need to go up to go down, and down to go up when they are full going the direction you need to go.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5
Stayed in hotel the night before and went on the boardwalk for dinner.

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
We walked around the dock area since we have been to Key West before. Saw the Aquarium and other shops.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
Had more shops and things to do by the docks than we expected. Hung out in Senior Frogs while it rained and had fun.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Had to skip Half Moon Cay due to Hurricane Milton so got to Nassau a day early. Had tickets to Margaritaville resort for the next day, but they honored them and let us in a day early. Very fun place with water park and ocean beach.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Overall no issues. My suggestion would be for shuttle busses to remote parking lots be bigger to hold everyone's luggage. We had luggage in the isles and some people had to hold other people's luggage.

Traveler Photos

Carnival Dream in Nassau
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

Sogmoore     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     1 month ago

Thanks for the post

HeavySeas     1 month ago

Awesome....thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

cruising2004     1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

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