Carnival Sensation - older, smaller ship but still fun

Item: Carnival Sensation
Rating: 4.1
Author: nadinepatrice

Carnival Sensation Cruise Review

nadinepatrice

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

4 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 03, 2019

Ship: Carnival Sensation

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M69

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I liked being on the smaller ship. But older ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The buffet had ok food, the dining room took a LONG time serving food and the portions were small. The 24 hour pizza place was good but lacked pleasant workers. Nothing else was open 24 hours and you had to wait at least 15-30 mins for a very small portion of pizza

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

I marked down for cleanliness because the ship is small but I think every bathroom I went into, one of the stalls were broken or smelled BAD

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was comfy and clean BUT I told the steward on the first day that the safe was broken and be never got it fixed. Shower pressure was awesome and clean. On the last night, the window was making a horrible noise and it kept us up all night.

Ship tip

DO NOT book the Deluxe excursion to passion island. It was expensive and horrible. This ship is small so you get familiar with the areas quickly. But it is also an OLD ship and a lot of things about it was old

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Ports of call

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Key west seems great but we I just had a few hours and it wasn’t enough time

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Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5

Deluxe Excursion to passion island was expensive and horrible

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Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

2 Comments

willwork4cruz 5 years ago

That's pretty much what a cruise is like. Some people can roll with it and others can't. Often things just can't be fixed while at sea. For example, not many room stewards can fix a safe. I'm sure you could use a security box at the front desk. Fine dining is definitely not fast food. Expect a couple hours in an expensive restaurant on land or sea.

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bobduck1993 5 years ago

They are lots of fun!

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