Great Ports , Small Ship

Item: Carnival Fascination
Rating: 3.8
Author: bartib

Carnival Fascination Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

bartib

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 20, 2017

Ship: Carnival Fascination

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M173

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Just off the Fascination , Ship , dinners , and the ports visited were great . The bad part was Mobs of kids unsupervised running around at all hours . the Serenity area was ok , but with only the one pool on the ship I would avoid this one. Carnival might want to rethink why it lets this kind of behavior happen. You dont see these issues on Norwegian. Also the lifeboat drill was 45 min of my life ill never get back. Totally unorganized , couldn't understand anything said over the PA ,in English or Spanish

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Platinum member , no issues

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

food and staff were good ,anytime dining worked well for us

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

The bad part was Mobs of kids unsupervised running around at all hours . the Serenity area was ok , but with only the one pool on the ship I would avoid this one. Carnival might want to rethink why it lets this kind of behavior happen. You dont see these issues on Norwegian. Also the lifeboat drill was 45 min of my life ill never get back. Totally unorganized , couldn't understand anything said over the PA ,in English or Spanish

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Shows and comedy club were good ,small casino

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

with the exception of security making any kind of presence ok

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was small and older. Easy to get around and clean

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Had an ocean view ,same cabin as interior just more money and a dirty window

Ship tip

Small ship , if your into big and more you might want to pass this one up

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

been there before , safe to walk around old San Juan , just stay in the touristy areas

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

been there , can take a tour of island from the pier for $20

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Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5

did a shore excursion , heard great things about there beaches ,

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Castries, St. Lucia

3 out of 5

not alot going on there if you just want to get off the ship , be prepared to get mobbed by taxi drivers

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

great port for walking around and shopping , cheap tours of island can be found off pier

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

wonderful place , for beaches , shopping or tours , could spend more than a day there

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

We made it out ok , friends behind us were not so lucky

Traveler Photos

6 Comments

JayRCruiser 7 years ago

This is the demographic that Carnival targets. Affordable cruising to bring families...thus parents let them run loose because they are contained on the ship and the parents use that time ro enjoy adult time. Higher end cruiselines prices most families out and tend to be a more mature crowd. Carnival advertises fun, point blank...people shouldn't be all that surprised...they've advertised it that way for 15 years..."Fun Ships". Don't like raucus crowds, try Royal Caribbean, Princess, Holland America, MSC.

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Summerholiday 7 years ago

Did you not complain???? It's your vacation??

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lisabell13 7 years ago

yes totally agree..the kids were horrible but I blame the parents..we just got off the ship yesterday 8/3. love St. Thomas and Sint. Maarten

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MrsJennyPerez 7 years ago

Completely agree I never made it in the whirlpool by the pool due to kids were always in it and yes kids where running around unsupervised also the ship was very dirty the way Ports were the best have to say also the staff needs to be retrained on customer Service most where pretty unhappy and seemed like always rushing with attitudes

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Summerholiday 7 years ago

Yep we agree the fascination has the best ports the kids is another issue people think they can let them loose and they go feral ... no respect 😔

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ekersey 7 years ago

I agree

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