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Item: Carnival Fascination
Rating: 4.1
Author: pmldghrt

Carnival Fascination Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

pmldghrt

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 24, 2019

Ship: Carnival Fascination

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

overall a good time, just wish the beach areas were closer to the dock locations, sucks to have to pay so much just to get to the beach areas.....

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

some buffet items were disappointing. The ice cream was a very inferior mix. The water, orange "juice" and iced tea were almost undrinkable. Portion sizes in the main dining rooms were very small, but having smoked salmon available at the "deli" area was a treat and very good however.

Deli

5 out of 5

the smoked salmon (lox) was great....really happy that it was available

Coconut Grove Bar and Grill

3 out of 5

my only complaint, other than I would have liked more seafood choices, would be that the water, orange "juice" and iced tea were terrible, the ice cream was a very inferior/cheap mixture,

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

everything was fine here although the ship has a somewhat dated "80's" look about it with all the gold décor etc....

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

everything was fine

Ports of call

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5

catamaran/snorkle excursion was great!

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Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

scruba excursion was great!

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

2 Comments

imseeraw 5 years ago

yes. I always tell people on my very first cruise on freedom back in 2012 almost every day we docked near a beach or open bar/pooI didn’t even realize excursions were a thing until my second cruise lol. Not that it’s SOOO terrible. Just not as convenient to have to take taxis or shuttles to everything

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homeprodavid 5 years ago

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