Great time in a Tropical Paradise!

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Ecstasy

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 26, 2019

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: E233

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Wonderful time! Truly a Tropical Paradise! Half Moom Cay is remarkable.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Jacksonville port is full of longshoreman begging for money as you get on the ship. Once you get past the golf carts demanding you pay and ride, others demanding you pay to have your luggage carried and ones that physically block you from checking in your own luggage you will be fine.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Outstanding ! Great staff, great food, really great experience !

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Lots to do, the activity schedule is full of things to go do.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Its not Vegas... but for small productions they were great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Friendly, responsive, very good at what they do.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Clean, for a ship that is over 20 years old they do a great job of keeping it in great shape.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect for what we expected. Nice size, clean, slept very well.

Ship tip

Wait until the Ecstasy is back in Charleston SC before booking. Jacksonville Port is full of begging and overly aggressive people demanding you use their services. Not pleasant.

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

1 out of 5
Horrible, please take this boat back to Charleston.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Really great time! Nice port.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Tropical Paradise! Walked most all of the island and it is breathtaking!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Better, mostly because the begging longshoreman hoards were not there yet. They were all just gathering to attack the next group that would be arriving for departure soon.

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5 Comments

wanjohn68    5 years ago

That's a Fist I heard about Jacksonville Florida about Nassau Maybe, St.skitt Yes, because they could be like that.

1adam12    5 years ago

I don’t understand what you are stating by longshoremen begging for money. Are you talking about the luggage porters? JaxPort is an amazing cruise terminal, it’s efficient, clean, well staffed. You should try cruising out of Miami or Galveston ;)

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Didn't have that experience in Jacksonville and would leave from there again.

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Fantastic!!

jojo625    5 years ago

The water at Half Moon is almost as beautiful as the waters in Hawaii. Glad you enjoyed.

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