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Item: Carnival Sensation
Rating: 3
Author: garrettk1

Carnival Sensation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

garrettk1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 27, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sensation

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: U76

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Bottom line, this is a good cruise if you are going on a budget. While it can be inexpensive to get on the boat, i felt I was nickel and dime'd every step of the way. Dealt with a lot of rude guests as well over memorial day weekend. Food was mediocre, and the buffet felt like a Golden Corral. Not planning to go on another Carnival cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our favorite part of the cruise was the suite. It was a nice sanctuary, although the suite next to us were loud and even blasting music on their balcony (until we called security who quickly resolved the situation)

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Friday night of memorial day was apparently "Urban Hip Hop weekend" in south beach. If you go on memorial day, be aware of that as it can be very crowded

Thumbs Up 2

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Atlantis was pretty cool. The lazy river is awesome

Thumbs Up 9

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

The Cabana on the beach is awesome! Food, drinks, fridge, A/C, nice chairs and a mist fan. Pretty good setup, and everyone stuck on the hot beach was wishing they made a different choice.

Thumbs Up 5

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Wasnt very impressed with the island of Grand Turk. Nothing stood out. The reef was pretty nice when we went snorkeling

Thumbs Up 1

3 Comments

Teamstrong 7 years ago

What was wrong?

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HappyCamper49 7 years ago

Understand we are to be polite, but I honestly say there was nothing about the Sensation that made us want to ever cruise again. Celebrity Solstice changed our minds and we just learned it in May.

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Teamstrong 7 years ago

Have you tried chefs table??

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Other reviews of this sailing

Exceeded expectations

Excellent

Sensation was very disappointing!!