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Item: Carnival Ecstasy
Rating: 1.9
Author: jbroom

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

jbroom

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

1.9 out of 5

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5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 31, 2019

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E167

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Crappy and did not even try to make up for not going to either ports of call. No discounts

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Mediocre good an took forever to get dinner. Lines were extremely long

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Pool (1) was tiny and only thing that was there was slides

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Entertainers were great and did everything they could to keep people happy.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5

Kids area was small and closes throughout the day

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Room was only cleaned up twice and once was waiters didn't really try to help and took forever to get things

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Not clean, rust, chipped paint, TV didn't work when we got to the room, chairs in stateroom were coming apart.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Tiny, bit clean, bathroom smelled

Ship tip

Never get on this ship

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Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Changed port and bussed back to Jacksonville

6 Comments

Trollydoll50 5 years ago

You were diverted to Key West due to Hurricane Dorian This Hurricane hovered over the NW part of the Bahamas for several days!!! You were kept safe and still cruised but away from the storm’s path. The port of Jacksonville was closed for several days due to the storm. Again, you were kept safe and even though you were diverted to Pt Canaveral you were bused safely back to Jacksonville.

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Trollydoll50 5 years ago

If you eat in the main dining room there are “no lines” to stand in. If you go to the LIDO Deck all the time then yes there are lines. Your Cabin Steward gives you the option of how many times a day you want your cabin serviced. Camp Ocean is the children’s area/programs on board - you have to sign-up/register your child to attend.

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chriskim13 5 years ago

It's an old ship we was on it in 2013 had a blast. The pool is small due to it's a smaller ship so everything is smaller on this ship. It is scheduled for dry dock soon for renovations

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sunshine220 5 years ago

We didnt like Ecstasy either out of 6 cruises food wasnt great took 2 hrs to get through dinner service. No remote for our tv didnt get one until the last night. Kids program not as great as past cruises. Room only tidied once a day and never saw our room steward. Room outdated while the floor above us looked newer that mom stayed in. Buffet selection poor never any salad dressing always having to track someone down because no silverware or this or that. Been on 5 cruises prior with no complaints but this one not good.

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CruzeFan 5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. We love Carnival and are glad the put safety first.

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bsulfridge 5 years ago

What? The world does not revolve around you, and thankfully so

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Other reviews of this sailing

DORIAN CATAGOERY 5 HURRICANE

Ruined both of our first cruise and honeymoon.

Our first cruise, had a great time. The ship was very clean and the staff and crew were some of the nicest and best people we ever met. The food was really good. Enjoyed the buffet as much as the main dining room. Definitely will sail again on the Ecstas.