Fun first cruise, amazing dinners!!

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Ecstasy

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 11, 2018

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M146

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Great first cruise, thank you for the experience! We hope to cruise again someday!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth, the process went quickly and the person checking us in provided a lot of helpful first time cruiser information.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Our formal dining experiences were absolutely amazing. All the food was beyond delicious and our wait staff was top notch. Our personal waiter, I Nengah from Indonesia, treated us like royalty and made sure we had fun too. We can't say enough nice things about him. He knew our names after the first evening and always welconed us with a smile!! The buffets were very good and had many selections. No matter what you liked to eat you could find something to eat. The food presentation was beautiful. We took a minute to appreciate it before we devoured it!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Everything was great, just not enough swimming pool space. A larger or second pool would have been great. The serenity deck was great! As was the chess board, shuffle board and water slides.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The comedians were great as was the The Motown show and the piano bar! Karaoke was a great show too.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
As previously noted, I Nengah our waiter at dinner was awesome!! He always made our dinner a wonderful experience!! Our stateroom steward Melchor was always there to give us fresh towels as we left our room to go ashore or up to the pool! And always with a smile and very pleasant.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The layout was good and everything was always clean or being cleaned. Bathrooms were all clean and well stocked.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The beds were very comfortable and the room always clean. The size was adequate; we did not spend a lot of time in our room.

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5
Loved Charleston, we stayed 2 additional days after the cruise to explore the city.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
We enjoyed the day at the beach. The beach and water were very enjoyable!! Riding the tenders in from the boat was fun!

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Great day, did a walking tour thru town and then spent the afternoon at the beach!! Loved the sand and water, both were beautiful! Ate some local food, it was delicious!!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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