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Carnival Fascination Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Carnival Fascination

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 20, 2017

Ship: Carnival Fascination

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: U197

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Overall, great experience. I look forward to a future cruise. I loved the environment, bring out on the water and the food. The tropical drinks were really great too.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Great. The crew members were nice. Everything was clean. The only problem I experienced was with hospitality not giving enough towels and wash cloths

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Our dinner service was the absolute best. The waiters were wonderful. The eating areas were always clean, service prompt. The buffet food could've been a little better but overall great food.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
There was always something to do. I enjoyed the comedy shows and the Motown performance(absolutely phenomenal). I also loved the live music performers.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
As I stated before, the stage shows and performers were great. However, the theme for most of the entertainment was too focused on Latin culture. I love Latin music and dance, but it's not something that I want to do everyday all day. They need more variety to appeal to the variety of cultures that were on the ship

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Everyone was excellent except for the room stewards. We literally had to beg for towels and washcloths. They would take our set of 4 and replace it with 2, when there were clearly 4 people in the room. They also did bare minimum cleaning.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Make a budget and stick to it. Thoughtfully plan out your excursions and activities.

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5
I have vacationed to Puerto Rico several times. My group decided to do an excursion tour mostly to have somewhere to keep our luggage prior to our late day flight. Our tour guide claimed that his truck broke down and had to switch us to 3 taxis. Due to space, some of our luggage had to go in a different van. Long story short, our luggage was held hostage for money, causing us to nearly miss our flight and have to involve the police. The guy is a middle aged Puerto Rican native with several missing teeth with pics of historical spots and the beach(he doesn't even take you to a real beach). His tag number begins with 0351 and his cell number is +1 (787) 306-5894. He has a son in his 20s whom look just like him. Avoid them at all cost

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
Beach was excellent but some of the locals will try to sale you a dream and the surround area is not very safe. We were sold a beach chair and umbrella and told that the fee is refundable if you buy from the bar. It was a lie.

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
So beautiful. I plan to vacation here again

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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2 Comments

seaoats22852    7 years ago

We're sailing on the Fascination in 94 days! I can't wait!😁

GIL155    7 years ago

Cruising is always better with an umbrella drink beside you (just don't tell the guys in the office back home. And NO pictures!).

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