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Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

alicante4ever

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 22, 2015

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1077

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Way too many people. I guess it was a bad weather or something...but the ship was very unstable Lots of people got sick.

I did not like the fact there is Smoking in the casino,. It was terrible the cigarette smell.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

10 deck, lots of noises coming from the top (Spa)

Ship tip

Be the first for the buffet so you don't miss out on the food.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

5 Comments

Sungold 8 years ago

I agree with you about the smoking but it seems to be that way in all the casinos. I cruised on Carnival Ecstasy in October and they had a bar that was actually outside of the Casino itself, called the Metropolitan bar. It is where a lot of the live bands performed, and I was disappointed that they allowed smoking in that bar.

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judyclark 8 years ago

Hannahlayman I understand Im from the Midwest I did 3 cruises in 2015 all Carnival if I lived closer to port I would do one cruise everyother month all with carnival that's how much I enjoy carnival

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hannahlayman 8 years ago

The casino thing I'm not sure about. I loved my carnival cruises as well and I'm not bashing it in any way just on carnival I did notice a lot more of the younger kids on it and bigger families rather than the other lines

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judyclark 8 years ago

I might be mistaken but I thought all casino you could smoke in the Midwest all casino you can smoke so I don't know why the complaint and as far as carnival I for one love the excitement on the ship I heard other cruise lines are lay back and boring so I guess it all up to the individual carnival is known for the fun ship

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hannahlayman 8 years ago

I've traveled on 4 different cruise lines and carnival was by far the most crowded. If you decide to cruise again I would suggest princess or holland America. If you're planning on being younger kids I would definitely go Royal Caribbean

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