Not worth the hype

Carnival Sunrise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Reviews: 16
Helpful Votes: 242

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Carnival Sunrise

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 29, 2019

Ship: Carnival Sunrise

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

The spa room was a joke we had inside spa our mothers had the balcony spa. Save your money and just go to the balcony make sure you stay on the 6th floor or above plumbing issue still a problem, our toilet would flush when it wanted too. No Elimis product in the rooms. The ship still had a lot of old issues and it was not near as nice as other ships that had being refurbishment.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
We waited for hours Norfolk was not ready for us it was terrible your Platinum status meant nothing.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was one of the best we ever had in Carnival super surprise and happy this has improved.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The piano bar was not as good when people were leaving the comments were crude and horrid. We also left due to the piano person only play when tipped. At least thru a few freebie that would of encourage kindness and more tips.

Children's Programs

no children with us

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
The waitress in the choose your time were excellent. Cabin steward was clueless what a spa room or floor was we felt bad for him,

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
We had inside spa cabin and we regret paying for this we could of had a regular balcony. The boat was not ready for us we were the 1st ones on the boat when it arrived in the US. The cabin steward had no idea what came with the spa rooms. They had no Elimis products. We booked our mothers in a balcony spa as well and they were so disappointed after paying so much. The boat did not have the whirlpool in the spa original brochure had it guest service also agree of this however they just said sorry and that was it.

Ship tip

The lowers floors were my kid was had plumbing issues and it smell so bad this boat is still a mess.

Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

2 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Excellent port you can just hang out at the beach

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Our fave of all time love this private island

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5
Still dislike this port everytime

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Again no clue in Norfolk , we really hope they get this together soon
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7 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Better luck next cruise

JustCruz    4 years ago

It's too bad you didn't post this review shortly after you sailed you waited over 9 months. Plus it had just come out of dry dock. Recent post are mostly positive.

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

We have thought that for a while

LyssaBVB    4 years ago

Yeah the spa on this ship also doesn't have the thalassotherapy Pool.

queenclp    4 years ago

Glad you posted about the spa cabin. I booked a regular balcont cabin based on my research but was hoping my decision was right.

Hebert1    4 years ago

Being a 100% spa person (and frankly it's the reason I pick 90% of my cruises) it's really good to know and hear things like this from other past guest. Thank you so much for your info, very very informative

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