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Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Carnival Fantasy

5 Night Western Caribbean (Mobile Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 30, 2019

Ship: Carnival Fantasy

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E240

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Overall, the cruise was a good vacation. The ONLY complaint we have is that the smaller ship, only had 2 smoking areas, the casino. and deck 11 above the Red Frog Rum bar. The space was VERY limited, no "lay out" deck chairs, just chairs.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We had FTTF, so it was pretty smooth and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Sea Day brunch was definitely lacking, but the YTD in the Celebration dining room was good. The Lido buffet was good, mostly the same food as in the dining room (except for the melting cake!) We didn't do any special restaurants. Guy's burgers is still the best for us

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

The BEST burgers!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We didn't get in the one pool. We did do a few trivia contests. There was plenty to entertain you.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The DJ's were ALWAYS playing, they were all good!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff were ALL friendly and willing to help on any way.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship is definitely needs to be retired, it was clean, but very worn. The crew did what they could to keep it clean. The design of the ship was confusing to us, we hadn't been on that size of ship before.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The room was comfortable. The TV is small. The bed slept well. The size was "as expected".

Ship tip

LOTS of walking and stairs. You would think being a smaller ship, it would have been LESS walking and stairs,

Ports of call

Mobile, Alabama

4 out of 5
The port was fine. We didn't do anything before we got on the ship.

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

3 out of 5
It was DEFINITELY "real Mexico". They are working very hard to "modernize" it. The peddlers and their wares are CONSTANT(as we read about). The "free beach" is where the peddlers were. The restaurant that "allows" you to use their chairs and umbrellas "if you buy a drink", don't tell you "If it a LOUNGE chair, it's 15$".

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We always go to Mr Sanchos. We LOVE it there! 50$ each, all you can eat and drink. the taxi was 17$ each way. We forgot our towels, so we rented them there. The food was great, we ordered off the menu. There was a buffet, we did not eat at it. ( we wanted it to be fresher). We bought liquor (to take home) in Progreso, but it was definitely cheaper in Cozumel.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We had the FTTF and didn't check any luggage to disembark, it was the FASTEST we had ever gotten off a cruise ship.

Traveler Photos

Just our cabin Peaceful morning time Towel animals on all the deck chairs
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4 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed.

15mustang    4 years ago

Most ships don't have large smoking areas since the majority of guests don't smoke.

GospelCruiser    4 years ago

Think I saw MORE then 1 complaint by you. Other then that, glad you mostly enjoyed it.

bobduck1993    4 years ago

So happy for you that you had such a good cruise,sorry the ship was not as large as yiu preferred!

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