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Item: Carnival Ecstasy
Rating: 4.4
Author: horseshoechamp

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Bermuda

horseshoechamp

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

7 Night Bermuda (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 03, 2018

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: E236

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I will not cruise with Carnival again until they get better food and stop the smoking in the casino and any interior areas

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Got us on pretty quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food on the buffet had no flavor what so ever. The hamburgers were good and the dining room great

Buffet

3 out of 5

The food had no flavor, if you don't cook with some spices then you get ho hum food

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Not many things to do before 9pm. The casino was full of smoke so no fun there.

Crystal Palace Casino

2 out of 5

The smoke in the place was awful. How can anyone have fun in the casino with all that nasty smoke. There should be no smoking in any interior areas.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

They tried but they just were not that good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Waiters were good but over worked. They could not keep up with everything they were doing and made a few mistakes.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Very clean for a small ship

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin guy was awesome and made the cruise better. Cabin was very small for a balcony but the bed was okay

Ship tip

Shop else where

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Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5

Confusing but at least we got to the ship

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King's Wharf, Bermuda

5 out of 5

Very beautiful port of call, too bad Carnival had to pull out the first night leaving us with less time on the island.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

A cluster to say the least. Too many folks in one spot and then a long wait for ride back to car.

12 Comments

Taberz 5 years ago

Some people are never happy, do like smoke? Stay away

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BabyCrab 6 years ago

@ blessed69 - I wouldn't hold my breath. While a smoke free cruise is within the realm of possibility, I don't see an alcohol free cruise happening....at least not without doubling the price of the cruise! Alcohol sales are the number one money maker on Carnival cruises, and are what keeps the price of a ticket down. Ever notice how often someone tries to sell you a drink during a cruise? That's why! There is an actual breakdown of how many drinks each adult passenger must order per day for the cruise to turn a profit. Passengers like me make it hard on them because I Iimit it to 2 or 3 drinks a day, but there's always others on board who make up for it by drinking enough for both of us! 😲

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blessed19 6 years ago

Not gonna change that, sorry to say. Food is not the best on carnival at times, but other times it's good. Maybe they'll make a smoke free, alcohol free cruise ship. Who knows huh, maybe. Never know, it could happen.

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nick684 6 years ago

Safe to say you were never in a Bob Ross painting.

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melissalcsw75 6 years ago

I loved the Ecstasy:) our first family trip that fueled my addition.

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graham123 6 years ago

☹☹

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TripofaLifetime 6 years ago

Please, throw your phone off the side of the ship!

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marques41 6 years ago

Peace others will be so happy you want be there!!!!

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RitaWade 6 years ago

Singing... Bye bye.. bye bye

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DerekMire 6 years ago

Good by nice seeing u better if u don't cruise makes other people happy

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Shh813 6 years ago

You won't be doing anymore cruising then. I don't know any ship that doesn't have smoking , even just a section, around the ship or casino. We all hate it but we love to cruise.

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mark71mark 6 years ago

Entire Celebrity fleet is smoke-free in the casino, and we have never smelled smoke from our balconies, either. Comparing food from Carnival vs NCL is like comparing Wal-Mart to K-Mart!

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