great service, terrible ship

Item: Carnival Fascination
Rating: 3
Author: wfoster

Carnival Fascination Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

wfoster

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 26, 2017

Ship: Carnival Fascination

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: U75

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

this cruise used to be the premier destinations and ships for carnival but they put one of the oldest ships out on this destination. i thought the service was exceptional. id like to start with that, but the ship, the ships layout and everything about the actual vessel was subpar. yes they were doing their normal upkeep etc and i am not talking about that. it was one of the smallest ships i have seen on this trip. i have been on ths exact trip 6 times, 5 with carnival. it was by far the most disappointing as far as the ship size, layout and condition. the food was pretty good but again the service was fantastic. the food could have changed up a bit for lunches, i found myself eating off the ship most days because it was the same stuff every day. the dinners food selections have gone down a bit too but the quality of food was very good. overall i have to be honest it i was given a free trip on this ship (carnival fascination) i would pass.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

again the service was fantastic but the variety of food was not very good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

i was around the pool most days and have to say the amount of pool activities they usually do vs what they did on this ship was by far less.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

again the service and cleanliness was there top notch, i didnt like the ship layout, size, or condition. it is a very old and small ship for this destination it was very disappointing.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5