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Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Fantasy

5 Night Western Caribbean (Mobile Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 18, 2019

Ship: Carnival Fantasy

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Our cruise was amazing, planning the next one. Special thanks to each staff member who made our week perfect. Zero negative experiences. If an activity didn’t suit us we left and found something else to do. Something for everyone to do. Big thanks to Marty. Your hard work was evident.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent. Quick entry on the ship because lines were separated and everything was orderly and controlled

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Dining room food and Waite staff (Dennis, Michael, Marvin)were high class. All other food venues were casual with delicious food

Jubilee Dining Room

5 out of 5

Dennis, Michael and Marvin. Great service, great memory, so much fun,

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Moist and delicious. Would have purchased the seasoning for burger and fries

Blue Iguana Cantina

5 out of 5

Food was exceptional and the line moved fast. Great staff!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Trivia, night time shows, movie, casino (only went a few min due to all the smoke) lido activities, clue, daily puzzle, crafts,

Club 21 Casino

3 out of 5

We came prepared to play the slots quite a lot but did not realize smoking was allowed. Spent $10 and never returned

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Women Stage singers in universe were horrible except the one with long dark curly hair. Give her a show of her own. Wow can she sing R&B! I gave a 5 because of all the hard work and talent all others had. DJ was awesome, Marty is a 5 on his own. Groups along the promenade amazing

Universe Main Show Lounge

4 out of 5

The lounge was comfortable but difficult to navigate floor 9 seating. I knew to bring a wrap because it is so cold.

Pavillion Library

5 out of 5

Played board games

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The attention received in the dining room was A+. Dennis Michael Marvin attended to every single desire we had. Showtime in the DR was so much fun. Marty was Amazing and deserves so much recognition, room steward Aileen wrote sweet note for us and left cookies for our anniversary. Kept our room/bed well kept. Each and every staff we encountered was kind, hospitable and alway took care of anything we needed

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Perfect as far as I know. Older ship in excellent condition. We enjoyed being forward on ship. The public bathrooms could use a little more attention but were not bad at all, just a lot of people using them that were careless. Staff doing everything they could to tidy up

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Jr. Suite Cabin was amazing, bed exceptional, tons of room and storage, bathroom perfect...no complaints.......would like to see an electrical plug on the bedside light as hotels do...would be easy to do

Ship tip

Get the balcony or jr. suite. More room and storage. Best choice we made

Ports of call

Mobile, Alabama

5 out of 5
Embarkation and Debarkation process easy and controlled in the terminal

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

2 out of 5
Aggressive store workers. After 20 min we just got back on the ship

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
No excursions. Lots of shopping, chairs under palms were amazing. We took a nap there

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Visitors did not listen, it was like a cattle call, chaotic, not enough staff, stairways were open so 7 was flooded with folks from everywhere. No organization. Elevators and stairs should have been locked down and controlled
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2 Comments

Beemo    5 years ago

Fantasy is a great first-time cruise ship! One of the oldest, so, any other ship you go on from here on out, will be a bigger, better experience. Glory out of New Orleans would be a good next cruise. Cheers

KyLakeGal    5 years ago

Words can not describe how much we enjoyed this cruise. Every staff member we encountered went above and beyond. They made this trip perfect. Thank you so much

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