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Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Fantasy

5 Night Western Caribbean (Mobile Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 05, 2019

Ship: Carnival Fantasy

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R193

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall great trip! Enjoyed the ports and the ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything was pretty fast getting on board. No problems.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Always something going on. I really enjoyed the art auction but it is really long. (Was supposed to be 90 min but ended up being almost 3 hrs) It didn't bother me but those in my group missed another activity.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone on the staff that I encountered was friendly and attentive.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Bit old and outdated. But I really didn't care. I was on vacation and enjoying every minute! Would love to see a bigger ship come into this port.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was clean. There were 3 of us. I slept on the top pull down bed. I was really nervous about it. But it ended up being really comfortable and worked out great.

Ship tip

Go to all the activities on board you can. Don't stay in your room. Remember you're on vacation and so are the tons of people aboard. Lines and elevators can get crowded at times. So be kind and patient to passengers and staff. Make new friends for the week. You'll have a great time!

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Nice looking port though we were just passing through to get to our excursion. You could just stay right there if you want. There are restaurants, bars, pools, shopping, etc. We went to Barefoot Beach for the day. Booked through Shore Excursioneer. Deposit only $7 and paid the rest there. (Total $59) includes all drinks, food, and 1 hour massage on beach. We took the shuttle but I would suggest taking taxi. Shuttle didn't bring us to right place. Finally had some locals steer us in the right direction. Once we got to Barefoot Beach, it was all relaxation from there! Yilda greeted us, showed us the showers and restrooms, took us to our place on beach. Kept drinks coming and chicken quesadillas were great! I was first up for masssage and it was amazing. Best one I've had! It's nothing fancy but for the price and the wonderful people there, it was perfect! Beach was great. Yes, there was some seaweed but they kept it cleaned up as best they could. Yes, there are vendors selling on beach. Just a polite no thank you will do if you're not interested. When we got ready to leave, they got us a taxi and we were back at port no time. Overall, this a was a great time. Felt safe just us girls. Will go back here again.

Mobile, Alabama

4 out of 5
There's a train that runs right in front of port. Sometimes blocks up traffic.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Cozumel has so much to do. You can take all kinds of excursions. We just shopped in port area and hung out. You can rent a jeep and explore on your own. All up to you at this port.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
It took a while to get off but once we did it was not too long through customs. Our porter was fantastic and helped us out with all our bags. The group I was with travel with alot of luggage so it was nice to have some help at the end.

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