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Carnival Fascination Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Carnival Fascination

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2017

Ship: Carnival Fascination

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: U76

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was at best a good cruise minus the age of the ship. The destinations were great and the crew did a good job with informing passengers of the daily activities the night before.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embarking was simple easy and quick. I had no issues employees were helpful and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Their dining room food was horrible. I was on the cruise for 7 days and I think i had one good meal at tje common dining room. The unlimited beverage offered was horrible also. They desperately need to update their menu. At the specialty dining room the food was better and breakfast was good. They definitely need to update their menu.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
I enjoyed the shows on-board and pool activities. I know my friends went to the gym but felt the rocking of the gym made running on the treadmill a bit challenging

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The MC's were energetic and entertaining. Me and my friends went to the clubs a few nights but the dj played the exact playlist night after night which ultimately deterred us from going back.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was friendly and fun. Very helpful

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
They tried their best to keep the ship clean. I always saw someone cleaning vacuuming or wiping something down. But you can see the age of the ship and a lot needs to be upgraded.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Our suite was ok. The main issue was the lack of outlets. We had an issue with our bath-tub being clogged but other than that it was ok, nothing exceptional just the basic essential.

Ship tip

You dont have to eat in the common dining room every night. You can eat it in the specialty dining rooms . Pay attention to your room charges many of the charges can be credited back to your account. And the ship is always on time for docking and leaving the port

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Close to the airport easy and accessible

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
A lot of shops and duty free shopping right on the port. Excursion of the tour on the island was great and coki beach we went was a little crowded, so probably avoid that beach.

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5
Went to Copacobana Beach Best sand but was told by the locals that it is not the best beach. So venture more into the island

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
I did a personal tour with relatives so it was great. Very curvy roads.

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5
MUST do the zip-lining! amazing. the port was great as well. Lots of shopping and local street food right outside the port.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Best ISLAND. lots to do on the port. I did the snorekling ship wreck excursion with bubbles tour it was totally amazing. then we sailed to Maho beach and spent a few hrs swimming, paddle boarding snorkeling etc.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
They made a chaotic processing very seamless and efficient. I would probably suggest choosing to take your own luggage down off the ship or you will have to spend quite sometime searching for it in the large open space where all the luggage were lined up.
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