Fantasy

Item: Carnival Fantasy
Rating: 2
Author: spiresb

Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

spiresb

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Mobile Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 17, 2017

Ship: Carnival Fantasy

Cabin number: E182

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Mikey was my favorite part and that's why I gave it a 2. If it wasn't for him I would have gave a zero. He did everything in his power to make people enjoy their selves. Mikey is great. I don't even remember my cruise directors name from my last cruise but I will never forgot Mikey. Our room sterward Johnny was great also. It was a cruise from Hell. It wasn't just the storm. I only went to diner twice. The food was always cold and I didn't think it was good at all. The pizza guy was always rude and acted like he was mad if you ordered a pizza. Not sure if he was over worked or what. He looked and acted like he hated it there. The buffet food wasn't always warm or good either. I enjoyed the omlet and the icecream. The desserts were really stale and dry. A few time they were not put put balls. What really bothered me was when they made the announcement that the port was closed and they opened the phone lines for us to call home. I probably tried 100 times and could never get out. I went to guest services twice I added the internet just to message my family. That was terrible and I never got through. They definitely should have had a better plan for us.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

See above. I thought the food wasn't good especially compared to my last cruise. Everything was always cold and stale. The pizza guy was always so rude and it took forever to get pizza.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Mickey did great at 80s night and trivia and well everything he did

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

Didn't do any

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Johnny was good

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Just old and you could tell it was ran down

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

My Stewart Johnny was good

Ports of call

Mobile, Alabama

3 out of 5

Loved it. We got on and off the boat without any issues.

Thumbs Up 9

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

I enjoyed it and did Maya Ruins and loved it

Thumbs Up 4

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

The excursion was bad because of the weather but the shopping was nice and it was beautiful there. I hope to go back one day

Thumbs Up 18

3 Comments

lab341 7 years ago

It's HURRICANE season. You chose to take the chance on that one when you booked. Possibility of bad weather, rough seas, canceled ports & excursions, no tendering and possible sketchy satilight services and phone lines jam couldn't handle thousands of people trying to call home. Am sorry that you starved, good meals should be a given.

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setzler92 7 years ago

I am also glad for the review. I recently went on Fantasy myself and had a similar experience. I love to cruise and have had wonderful experiences with Carnival, but this one was different. For a first time cruiser, it would have gone unnoticed but when you grow accustomed to the service that you know you should get and you don't.... another story. I had hoped it was simply the cruise ship and not the cruise line. I will be sailing again in December on Triumph out of NOLA and if my experience is the same, it will be so long Carnival for me. ð

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mace 7 years ago

Just because spiresb had a bad experience doesn't make him or her a miserable person in fact I like to read the good reviews just as much as the bad. I think people need to realize that not every single person is going to have the best time of their life. Everyone has experienced a bad vacation or two. I don't understand why people trash talk to the people that give a bad review. Spiresb thanks for the review and hope your next one is better.

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