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Item: Carnival Fantasy
Rating: 3
Author: AllenM3

Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

AllenM3

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 02, 2010

Ship: Carnival Fantasy

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

The ship may be one of the older ones in the Carnival fleet but it has been refurbished and everything looked to be in fine shape. Would sail again on the Fantasy with out hesitation.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The food in both the Dining Room and the Buffets was very good. Better than I experienced on earlier Carnival cruises, which is not to say they were bad but simply that this was even better. Much better than my last Princess cruise.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Great ships band with a phenomenal singer and sax player. They should have been available to entertain more on their own. Other entertainment was a mixed bag. Average Ships revue, a good comediene and juggler and then the horrible Tia Thompson. You be the judge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YWDEdXCiOI

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

The smiles and greetings might be a bit canned but almost everyone did their job as expected and would greet you if you made eye contact

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Pretty standard cabin with a small bath room. Nothing special but everything you needed.

Ports of call

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5

I would say nothing is a must see. Port is kind of industrial with a small market area just off the ship with the usual tourist type junk. For $5/ea a cab will take you to the Lucaya resort area about 20 min. away which claims 350 store market. Market was largely just more of the same with a few bars, restaurants and up scale shops thrown in. There is abeach and casino at Lucaya which we did not use. Ingeneral the whole Freeport area seemed rather dead with little activity and quite a number of empty plazas and store fronts to be seen along the highways.It really has never recovered from 2 hurricanes and now the recession.

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Don't Miss: Your own boat! LOL

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Much more vibrant and alive island. Atlantis just towers over the whole area. However going to Atlantis unless you intend to gamble or buy the $110/ea day pass to use their facilities is largely a waste of time. Virtually everything there is off limits and inaccessible to even see to tourist that simply walk in. Beyond that there are a myriad of other standard island things to do

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Don't Miss: Straw market in town

Pros: Good food, good service,a good comediene and a great ships band and quick debarkation.

Cons: Over the hill stale singer & entertainer that performed not once but twice.

Recommends Carnival Fantasy? Yes!

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