Won’t do that again

Item: Carnival Sensation
Rating: 2.5
Author: Kathysmith64

Carnival Sensation Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Kathysmith64

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 02, 2019

Ship: Carnival Sensation

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: E253

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Ship old, under staff, food awful, first and only carnival cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Main dining hall awful. Many people felt same way. Guys burgers, burritos, pizza spots ok

Restaurants

4 out of 5

Pizza, burger, burrito and deli where good

Plaza Aft Lounge

5 out of 5

Enjoy both kid friendly show and adult show

Pizzeria

3 out of 5

Pizza was good but you couldn’t pick what you wanted on pizza. Wanted mushrooms and Pepperoni they had both but not a pizza that came that way

Joe's Cafe

4 out of 5

Quick service good

Grand Buffet

1 out of 5

Awful no stars

Ecstasy Dining Room

1 out of 5

Awful no stars

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Spa Carnival

4 out of 5

Massage was good

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Old and rusty. Paid extra for balcony rusty. outer wall glass dirty stain on it. Couldn’ Sit out there noisy from working. heard sawing and banging. smelled burning metal at times

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Three of us in room. Bunk above king bed. Could not sit up and read in bed, bunk to low. Hit head many times on it get up in night to use bathroom or getting back in bed in dark from bathroom

Ship tip

Book on another cruise

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Quick no problem

4 Comments

benhillmond 5 years ago

Never again they really trying to rip u off

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jadeeX3 5 years ago

I’ve been on carnival 5 times. The sensation was my least favorite and I do agree the food wasn’t great but it was the cheapest too. You get what you pay for. Still had a great time.

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Persephone40 5 years ago

Carnival sensation was my first cruise ever, it was so awful it has taken 5 years for my husband to finally agree to go on a cruise with us! We've been on 3 more cruises since then without him, but never again with carnival. The sensation was raggedy and smelled of cigarettes in the room 5 years ago, I would think they would refurbish or put it out of its misery by now.

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Doggydad196422 5 years ago

Don’t give up on Carnival just because you had one bad experience.ive been on three or four of carnivals ships and they will all be different. Some bad dining one,some bad personnel on another. But it won’t keep me from not sailing with them. Just saying don’t give up just because one bad experience.

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Overall good cruise.