Very Crowded, but still fun

Item: Carnival Sunrise
Rating: 4.2
Author: DannyBoy369

Carnival Sunrise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

DannyBoy369

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

4 Night Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 26, 2022

Ship: Carnival Sunrise

Cabin number: 9492

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

With the ship sailing at very close to full capacity, mixed with the staff shortages, male sure you pack your patience. You will have an amazing vacation, you may just have to wait a little longer for Food venues.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Embarkation was a breeze! We used the Verifly app and it seemed to make it a little quicker. It took us 20 minutes to leave the parking garage, through security and check-in and to walk into our stateroom. That's right, only 20 minutes, we were amazed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

With the cruise industry wide staff shortage, it was really felt in the food service area of our sailing, Particularly in the kitchen/galley. The poor waitstaff were running around like a bunk of chickens with their heads cutoff trying to keep everyone happy, but they could only do so much with so little. The kitchen just could not keep up and feel behind, which lead to 1.5hour wait time just to get into MDR (we had "your time dining") and looooong waits for Food to arrive once seated. Food was just as good as its ever been, it was just a little slow coming out

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Lots of fun activities onboard to keep everyone busy.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

We did not travel with our children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

The staff were incredible.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship was very clean. (We were the first sailing upon her return from dry dock) I wasnt/am not a fan of ships that have dining areas cutting off sections of decks requiring you to go up or down a deck, then go back up or down a deck to get the the other side.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The location of the cabin right off of the lido deck was fantastic. We were just steps away from the pool, bars, and guys burgers/blue iguana cantina.