WORST CRUISE EVER !

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
Carnival Ecstasy

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 19, 2017

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R60

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

For starters as soon as we (me & my cousin) walked into the room it smelled like pee ewww , it was also 3 flies in the room that we had to kill before anything which was disgusting. We thought we were getting 2 single beds , we ended up in bunk beds , we've only been in the room for about 20mins & it was freezing , we then left the room came back & realized it was unbearable .. soo we called to ask about it & they basically said there was nothing they could do here are some blankets it nearly took them 2hours to bring us the blankets .Months before the cruise we were excited to try all the food places they so call had on the ship & the whole time all we saw were burgers , pizza , ice cream & dinner . There was definitely a lot of movement on the ship which gave us a lot of motion sickness you could barely walk in a straight line it felt like you were drinking . They also tried to charge us for things we were unaware of & they so call give you 20$ to spend & don't tell you about . They also charged me & my cousin "service gratuity" twice & our accounts were joint so that means we paid 4 times & when we went to complain about it she tried to act like she didn't know what we were talking about until we threatened to call customer service , not to mention we paid almost 230$ in service gratuity & she only tried to give us back 30$ in cash! The " fun days at sea" are boring they don't occupy you with enough entertainment , the food at dinner was horrible I had 1 meal the same thing every night . Also it took house keeping about 3 days to get the cups out of our room he/she didn't clean jus changed the towels & made a little bed animal & half of the time we didn't even know what they were . They say " free 24hr room service" , but we go to order something & first off we don't even have a menu in our room , it took them 3grs to bring us one , it's like 5 things on it & the only thing that was free was peanut butter & jelly sandwiches like really I could have saved my money & stayed home for that . The ladies at the customer service desk act like they don't understand you or know what your talking about just so they can keep charging you for stuff & take your money . It's 5$ a day for wifi or 22$ for the whole cruise , Soo I got 22$ for the whole cruise .. bad idea it's the slowest service ever , it goes on & off on its own stops working when it feels like it , it was horrible . If I could get a full refund I swear I would it was the worst vacation I've ever been on I honestly couldn't wait to go back home.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Eww . Honestly .

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5
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17 Comments

Maranda23    7 years ago

I hate reviews like this. First of all, bring air freshener for your room. Secondly, flies obviously fly around you moron. 😂 They can't help it. Bunk beds are single beds. smh. Carnival can't help it if you are a picky eater, they have great food. There are more than 5 things you get free on room service. They can't help how the ship rocks. Also, there's tons of people who buy wifi so yes it's going to be slow. How about just staying off the phone? I doubt you were charged twice for gratuity, obviously you have to pay it in the first place. This whole review is probably just someone wanting to troll.

timmyr42    7 years ago

People complain all the time. I'm going in September for the first time.

bsulfridge    7 years ago

Geez, I was on the ship in October and had a good time. So much so we are going on it again in May. But at least a dishonest review is easy to spot.

dbo550    7 years ago

if your room smelled like pee on the ecstacy. then you or you cousin probably pee'd you pants with excitment...not carnival's fault.

kybutterfly64    7 years ago

WOW! My first cruise with carnival. I hope this review is exaggerated. I was looking forward to my cruise but now I'm not so sure.

fuddhist    7 years ago

I call Bullshit on pretty much all of this. Really? The only thing free was pb&j? NOT! I ordered Bagels and salmon, cereal, toast, sandwiches, and so much more that I can't remember now, which was all free. The ship moved? No shit? I thought we teleported to all the ports of call.

Macu    7 years ago

Go to Disney World were Dreams come true

davidnlisa    7 years ago

Your life is going to be a difficult one at best, good luck with that!

oldham2176    7 years ago

I call BS on half this. I bet you didn't do any research on your room. You probably just booked the cheapest room you could get and didn't read the room details. I laughed hard at that you complained the ship had motion. Did you expect it to hover across the water? I'm sorry you had a bad experience and maybe cruises are just not for you.

TNTGreen    7 years ago

Sounds like you didn't do your research. As far as the rooms did you choose a guaranteed stateroom or did you select it on your own? If you choose guaranteed they assign you with what's left usually if you selected your own room than you didn't research the room that you selected when booking. There are different room categories such as 4A, 6B etc. As far as movement...um that's expected on a cruise especially if you're sailing Sept-March. The seas are a bit rougher and on a smaller ship you will feel it more.

trcandme01    7 years ago

We just got off the ecstasy also. Yes the ship rocked it was very windy, no one had control over that. Food was different every night. We had an ocean view room and it was great. Harry took care of us top notch. Kudos to Carnival for another awesome vacation.

subfixer    7 years ago

Sounds like somebody didn't do their homework prior to cruising. All of this stuff is explained in detail in the literature. And that statement of "the only thing that was free was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches" is a lie. There is a thermostat in each stateroom, did you try to adjust it? Flies!! You had to kill flies?! The horror! How would you know how bad the food at dinner was if you only ate the same thing every night? And how come you only saw burgers, pizza, and ice cream? There are tons (literally) of different items available to eat. I feel sorry for your cousin, being stuck with such a miserable companion. Bored during sea days? You weren't trying to have fun. There was a lot of movement! What did you expect, being on a ship at sea? That's what they do; they move. Next time, go to Vegas, landlubber.

gabbyw2924    7 years ago

Please don't think this review is a true example of the ship. The gratuities is explained online before you book the cruise and you can easily take them off you're account if you're against tipping. 2 flies.... you're gonna complain about flies.... ships move, if you can't handle that you cannot handle any cruise. For the food, there is many different options, you may choose whatever you want you don't have to get the same thing, also if you want two entrees you can order two, three for not additional cost. And of course the wifi is slow, you're in the middle of the ocean, get off your phone and enjoy life!! Some people have a negative look on everything.

dbo550    7 years ago

very un-ecstacy like sounding review.

drewandsteph    7 years ago

lol. "the ship was moving"

georgetripp    7 years ago

give us all a break!

TERRI1962    7 years ago

Ouch day one 5 minutes in and bam "Those Lovely Smells" ... Sucks, sorry about all that , The memory will slowly fade.  

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