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Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

tami92599

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 10, 2016

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6423

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This is my 5th cruise and by far the worst one yet. The entire ship was unorganized and in chaos all the time. We spent more time waiting than anything else

The ports were great, if it wasn't for them I'd probably be very upset, although we ran late for all of them. Dinner was good and our wait staff was excellent. The entire cruise was rocky to the point where drinks fell of the tables. Wasn't the seas, they were mostly calm, maybe it was just the ship. I'd love to take this cruise again just not with carnival. It's a shame. I've always cruised with them.

It's just too much money to gamble on another bad trip. If you don't mind waiting in lines with pure chaos with nobody giving any direction this wouldn't be a bad trip for you. I don't have the patience. I'll be looking at Norwegian for my next one

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

our waiters were top notch! Perfect score for them!

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Comedy show was pretty good

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

You use to have housekeeping in the morning and turn down service at night. Now you have to choose one of them??

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

We didn't stay long. Port had very easy parking.

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

1 out of 5

Waste of money on excursions. We went to Meagans Bay! Huge Mistake! Very expensive, nothing included, not even beach chairs. The lady at the store was so so rude. On our ride back one passenger wanted to stop for a milkshake so the driver did. Everyone else was mad. That isn't part of what we paid for and cut into our shopping and lunch plans.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Go to home sweet home. A bit pricey but worth every cent! Great excursion!

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31 Comments

suedon12003 8 years ago

Don't waste your time complaining to Carnival, they don't care..trust me, been there, done that after a disastrous honeymoon back in february!!

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sandrakit 8 years ago

I'm also on this ship May 26 th . I can't wait !

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yale6565 8 years ago

Wow sorry to hear that

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yale6565 8 years ago

Wow sorry 8 hear that....

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ClevelandMike 8 years ago

I was attacked six months ago on Norwegian along with my friend whom is a US Marine. We did not lose control as we knew the man was very intoxicated. Norwegian didn't apologize nor offer us any benefits. This was at the same time the terrorist attacked Paris. It took them three months to call me and say "these things happen"

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Irishmuffin86 8 years ago

I was on splendor starting the 10th and I thought it was great! Almost never had to wait to eat despite choosing anytime dining. Wait staff was amazing, shows were fantastic, relatively easy getting on and off ship (longer for half moon cay but we had to tender). Didn't find the seas rough at all. Short period of rain on last day, but I thought there was minimal motion on boat.

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yale6565 8 years ago

That what's up loeweb

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loeweb 8 years ago

We cruise to be with family so regardless of the ship and the circumstances we are enjoying time together

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carolinan8iv 8 years ago

I have learned to take these reviews with a grain of salt. There are always going to be negative reviews and people who just aren't happy no matter what. We heard terrible things about Fantasy before going last year and I was skeptical after having been on Freedom but it was wonderful from beginning to end. We cruise on Splendor in a couple of months and I'm choosing to ignore the negativity.

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yale6565 8 years ago

Thanks kelly80910 we did that on sunshine last year.

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kelly80910 8 years ago

There is a F B group set up for this cruise and they have all kinds of things planned, including several meet & greets (one hosted by carnival with food and drinks & 200 of us attending.) Check it it out. It's Carnival Splendor Journeys cruise May 26, 2016.

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yale6565 8 years ago

Ok kelly80910 maybe we can meet at red frog bar on lido deck

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kelly80910 8 years ago

Yale6565 we will be on that cruise too. May 26th Splendor 9 night journeys cruise to Bermuda, Turks, & Dominican Republic.

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jeet 8 years ago

Tami92599 if the cruise was not good for u all I hope u all did complain to carnival hopefully they will listen to your grievances about the ship and correct them and make the ship more fun for us future travelers on splendor.

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banaford 8 years ago

Yes, same ship, April 10th. Not even close to my first rodeo. Never heard anyone complain. Other than those who always complain. Almost can spot them coming. Was it my best of 23? No...but, not the worst. And not even close to the roughest seas.

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tami92599 8 years ago

Banaford, I'm sorry. Are you sure you were on the same ship? We had great weather and only a little rain one day. Everybody on it was very unhappy and had intentions of writing to carnival. I usually cruise out of New Orleans, maybe I've been spoiled. I'm not sure. I just am sure everything about this was awful. Was this your first cruise?

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yale6565 8 years ago

Going on splendor may 26 the things I will be disappointed about no guy's burgers but will make up on the conquest sept.17

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ashowalter 8 years ago

we were on splendor in December 2015 and had an amazing time!

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kelly80910 8 years ago

Yea, my friends were on the first cruise after it came out of dry dock and they had a small electrical fire on board their cruise. Some rooms were evacuated due to smoke.

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djterio 8 years ago

They just got it out of dry dock and has been refurbished. Leaving out May 1st can't wait...

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jeet 8 years ago

Just yesterday somebody said how much they enjoyed the ship...to each his own I guess.

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hJb609AuRxv0LhaPYfyto2T53 8 years ago

Please enjoy .....its what you make it.....its a really run down bad food bad organization even the shows sucked....

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pa4501me 8 years ago

I hate to hear this since it cost so much for this cruise🙁 BUT...I bet we will have a great time. I'm sure we have all heard negatives about restaurants we love, movies we thought were great etc etc. Let's have a great time!☀️🍤🍷🍺🍹🍰🏊🎤🏝🌅🌄🎉

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hJb609AuRxv0LhaPYfyto2T53 8 years ago

Everything there was not a positive thing to point out besides the tour's

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kelly80910 8 years ago

What made it the worst?

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hJb609AuRxv0LhaPYfyto2T53 8 years ago

Been on splendor on 2/14/16 the worst ship ever!!!......was so disappointment was my 14th cruise first time on splendor never again

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kelly80910 8 years ago

I was on Splendor a year ago and it was awesome. Going on it again next month. I'm hearing it's not the great ship it used to be :/

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banaford 8 years ago

Bummer you didn't like your cruise. Funny..we were on the same ship. We were at port on time every time. And going out first night there were white caps. It was a rough ocean. Coming back we actually hit a thunderstorm and big wind. Seas were rough. Hope your nxt cruise goes better on NCL.

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kimo0590 8 years ago

Yes I hear RC is very good and reliable

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loeweb 8 years ago

Royal carribean will not disappoint

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kimo0590 8 years ago

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I am going on this same ship so I hope it goes well for me.

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