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Item: Carnival Splendor
Rating: 3
Author: jimyandsandi

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

jimyandsandi

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 15, 2017

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7426

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The Main Restaurant was fabulous. Great food excently prepared and served with a smile. The room was nice with lots of storage and the bed was comfortable. We found however, that once you choose a restaurant, you can,t change. The buffet however was terrible. Now the ugly. The upper decks stunk of a sewage smell that got worse as you approached the bow. We were upset that we could not bring our favorite brand of water and soda on board, as we have on other cruise lines. Because of the odor we would never book this ship again, nor would we recommend it

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We like sliding patio doors better.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

1 out of 5

9 Comments

ctav 7 years ago

You can bring 12 cans of soda and 1 750 ml bottle of wine per passenger as carry on. And on a sad note. All cruise lines are going by the rule.

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cgrant53 7 years ago

We go on the splendor Feb 26 hope the smell is gone

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jules814 7 years ago

thanks for posting. we go on the Splendor on Sunday. I'm nervous now!

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morissetteron 7 years ago

Can anyone tell me if that sewer smell is still there we go on the February 26 cruise

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ndrtaker28 7 years ago

We just got off the splendor on Sunday and did also notice the sewer smell. Our room was on the 6th floor. I saw a lot of people with 12 packs of soda so unsure why you couldn't bring soda on. As far as water we bought a 12 pk for 3.99 and just fillled them up when they were empty from the dispensers in the Buffet area. Food was great in the restaurant. Buffet was ok by carnival standards. MarQ the CD was great when you saw him. I think that position though is very under utilized.

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cougarsoccer9 7 years ago

We got off Splendor 3rd, glad we didn't have that smell. Yuck

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Katievp 7 years ago

You can bring a 12pk of canned drinks per person on board and you can order bottled water from the Funshop online and it will be waiting in your room for you when you board.

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cruise4lf 7 years ago

ooooooo we sail the splendor in july hope this gets cleared up before then

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jules814 7 years ago

ohh noooo! We're on Splendor in 3 days. I'm excited but I've seen other people report this as well.

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