Old ship great staff but couldn’t make up for the bad ship and destination

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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Carnival Ecstasy

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 06, 2018

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R241

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The steward was amazing and so was the cruise director. They were the highlights of an otherwise pretty awful ship. Not much to do, lots of swaying paid extra for a king bed which turned out to be to twins pushed together(like I couldn’t just push two beds together myself?). The buffet was NOT 24/7 not even the drink machine was. Nassau was a beachy version of East Atlanta. Not pleased at all. But I had a good time with my wife just being away from work staring at the ocean.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Don’t

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

3 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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6 Comments

bradyra1    6 years ago

Check your onboard statement. Don't think you will find a charge for having beds placed together.

TNTGreen    6 years ago

Based on the “drink machine” and bed situation I will call it what it is...Trolling.

banaford    6 years ago

Bed situation is explained on the website. Swaying always on a small ship. If you cruise again, I suggest a little research. I dont believe any cruiseline does a 24/7 buffet.

Summerholiday    6 years ago

Never heard of a king bed ?

jennydeer74    6 years ago

You paid extra for a king bed? Are you sure? I've never heard of such a thing.

chris2lit    6 years ago

The ship is over 15 years old what did you expect? Next time don’t go on such a cheap ship and actually spend some money for a newer ship. Simple

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