Disappointing

Carnival Fascination Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Carnival Fascination

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 18, 2017

Ship: Carnival Fascination

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R240

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The Fascination was my 4th Carnival cruise and the worst.  The food was mediocre, smaller ship so pool was small, and entertainment was less than entertaining.  Worst part was that 3 days of the cruise my shower back flowed sewage into the bathroom.  This occurred in a handful of rooms and made the whole floor smell like sewer.  To top it all off, initial offer to make it right was the upgraded $20 value steak dinner to which I declined, then $75 in photography, again I declined, and finally $120 in excursion reimbursement.  Really?!?  Hardly compensation for almost half of the cruise dealing with a backed up shower and sewage.  This lack of real concern by Carnival has made me really consider if I ever want to give Carnival my business again.  This situation was a huge health hazard and they offered a steak dinner as compensation.  Think twice before using Carnival or at least the Fascination--which we called the "garbage barge" for the duration of our trip.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Dining staff was great

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Backed up sewer into shower. Smelled horrible the whole trip.

Ship tip

Do not book this ship!!

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

3 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

St. Kitts Fun! St. Maarten St. Kitts Barbados Beautiful
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12 Comments

techjordan    7 years ago

On day 4 and everything is great!

MrandMrsH915    7 years ago

We had a great experience on that ship!!

chrisquo    7 years ago

@dutch3901 I totally agree. You can listen to other people experiences but you should be open minded and create your own destiny

Dutch3901    7 years ago

Tammy927, we were in U226 (Upper deck- deck 6)...

Dutch3901    7 years ago

Respectfully, you can't count on other people's experience to be what you'll experience. We went in March and it was excellent in every way...

techjordan    7 years ago

Damn! that's really unfortunate. I'm due to be on there in 4 days

Cruisergirl220    7 years ago

Being the Fascination is an older ship, things like that happen, on any older line with any company. However, I'm surprised you didn't take the compensations, even though it may of not fully made up for the problems.

tammy927    7 years ago

What cabin # was u in? We r sailing her in October same itinerary.

Dutch3901    7 years ago

There are a lot of things we can over look and still have a great time. That's not one of them... Yow... I'm sorry you went through that...

tonyaldorsey    7 years ago

What floor was your room on?

TheShark54    7 years ago

Sorry about what happened to you !!!!

kmkerr8    7 years ago

That's too bad. Out of 3 cruises, Fasination was my favorite (also our first), but then it has been several years since we sailed on her.

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