Over crowded Excursion

Carnival Splendor Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Splendor

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 27, 2017

Ship: Carnival Splendor

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 10-42

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Our stop in Grand Turk, the snorkling with sting rays adventure was off the chain! However, our first port was St Martian, it was a beautiful island, full of great people and shops, but I nearly drowned in our first excursion snorkling. The spit they chose was over crowded. They had us all crammed together with two other ones. One of which, Snuba, I was snorkling and drifted into their air lines and became dangerously entangled in them. After about 10-15 mins of fighting and swallowing a load of sea water I managed to free myself. I was extremely exhausted, but managed to make it nack to our excursion boat. I got si k so that ruined the rest of the time there for my wife and I. This was our first cruise, and our 30th anniversary. We were quite upset of the thoight of loosing one another. The ship time was a saver for your cruise line as your entire personel service was outstanding. San Juan, was a let down. But we had a blast on St Kitts, and Grand Turk. We are going to give it another go. We had great fun despite the negative. Thanks for your great service. Joseph Morris, Sr.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Great

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Outstanding

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Fine for inside room, but small fan needed to circulate air conditioning.

Ship tip

Pack light, use any and all services available. The staff and crew are outstanding.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

2 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5
Dint crowd the water excursions into one place...

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5
Great time.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5
Absolutely boring, will remain aboard ship next time.

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

On deck/ sunsetting. Jack Shack! Grand Turk My beautiful wife.
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3 Comments

willwork4cruz    7 years ago

Wow 10-15 minutes of fighting for your life. Did nobody help you? Could they not see you? Someone should be watching that snuba line. Hopefully you gave those operators a talking to. We will be taking our 30th anniversary cruise in a couple weeks. Going to Alaska so pretty sure no snorkeling.

preacherjoecool    7 years ago

We had a great time in our snorkling with the rays on Grand Turk!

Robineliza    7 years ago

I went on tiny boat with just 5 people & this is my fav memory we went to deserted island where sting rays came right up to you! So nice & warm too

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