Awesome & Relaxing

Carnival Sunrise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Sunrise

5 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 20, 2023

Ship: Carnival Sunrise

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6357

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Wonderful cruise. Hadn't been on one for several years. Things have changed a bit, but we had a great time. I was a little leary because it is an older ship and some reviews were negative. I feel those people who leave those reviews expect the moon. We had a very nice relaxing time, no need to worry about being taken care of and catered too. Ship was super clean and friendly. Only experience one night of several cabins across the hall have a party at 3:00 am and slamming doors. I got up to ask them to be quite. We didn't turn them in but i have a feeling someone down our hall did as we didn't hear a peep out of the the rest of the week. So Carnival must have taken care of the problem promptly!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Awesome - Very smooth...didn't have to wait in line, lines were kept moving very quickly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
We tried them all...all speciality restaurants were A+, main dining was A+ (staff A++), didn't really visit buffets much except for Cake buffet--Favorirtes were BBQue, Hamburgers, & Sandwich shop, Pizza was lacking in toppings and had to wait longest there.

Limelight Lounge

4 out of 5

This was just fine. One think i would recommend is right as you walk in order your drink. I think they had way too many people and not enough drink waiters. We didn't even get to order drinks for two of the nights we went. (But it saved us money)

Sunshine Restaurant

5 out of 5

ALWAYS A GREAT TIME HERE....ALL WAITERS/WAITRESS WERE SPOT ON... NEVER HAD TO ASK FOR ANYTHING....THEY WERE ON TOP OF IT!

Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que

5 out of 5

This was very good flavored. Service was quick and friendly. Liked that it was so close to the pool area, so didn't have to go far to eat.

BlueIguana Cantina

3 out of 5

This was very quick and great service. Just didn't care for the meat (not a big meat eater though)...Great toppings bar!

Pizzeria del Capitano

2 out of 5

Pizza toppings were very sparse, even the cheese. Had to wait in line quite awhile during a busy time, had zero pizzas out.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Super, Super good! We ate there several times during the week. Probably best place on ship to eat that is fast.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Didn't do any, just relaxed in Sun and people watched!

Cloud 9 Spa

3 out of 5

We took tour...was very impressed. We had priced it before the cruise and was prepared to book a couples massage, but when we got on board, price and really, really gone up. I mentioned the price i saw on line...she told us that we had to prebook at that price. I didn't see this anywhere stated online. The last sea day, they called our room to say we "won" a $50 gift certificate....we passed.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Loved the comedy club, met with entertainers after show, one was super friendly, other not so much...

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters in dining room was A++, enjoyed talking w/them and about where they were from, never felt rushed even though we had early dining. Room stewards did their jobs well...although we never actually saw them ever. Info desk was very quick and helpful..had to wait a bit, but wasn't bad,

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
i worried some about that especially with past covid....they were ALWAYS cleaning and wiping down steps, rails, etc....didn't worry at all about germs.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Size was fine, cleanliness was fine...we had requested two twin beds, but came into a full bed, it was ok, no biggie, we didn't complain....worried about past reviews for room temp...it was fine, even a little cool at night. One thing we didn't like was that we had pre-ordered some beer/fruit and couldn't keep it cool enough in the mini fridge provided. No way to adjust the temp...it was barely cool...had to keep asking for ice to keep beer cool.

Ship tip

Dont worry about the small stuff....you will enjoy your time on the ship, even though it is one of the older ships. We had no problems except for the people across the hall from us, who thought you could use the hall for a pizza party at 3:00 am....We quickly nipped that in the bud.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
only stayed nite before cruise....very busy city, loved all the beautiful lights. Everyone was friendly and helpful...Hotel was very nice.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
My favorite place to cruise so far....Water is just beautiful. We took the stingray excursion and had a wonderful boat ride to the area, a wonderful captian and crew on the excursion boat. Just didn't last long enough...Would have loved to spend couple hours there. It took our captain a while to back us into a spot, because the other boats were rude and didn't take their turn getting spots. I would highly recommend this excursion.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5
No excursion here, but we did get off to purchase some shirts. Beautiful port. Loved watching the rain storm go over the mountains. Again, everything went very smoothly getting off and on the ship.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
This was the easiest yet for us. We hadn't cruised for a few years, and things have definately changed for the better. We even woke up early, left our bags in our room and enjoyed a nice breakfast in the dining room before we left for airport.
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11 Comments

Doug7856    1 year ago

Thanks for the review!

kelskazoo22    1 year ago

Thank you! Sounds like a great time 😀

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

ronajona    1 year ago

Thanks for positive vibes. We’re sailing Sunrise soon.

Saylorgirl    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. I've been on the Sunrise and love it.

walte27f    1 year ago

I love the detail in your review. Thanks so much for taking the time.

envy1219    1 year ago

Definitely a great attitude. Glad you didn't feed into all the Nay sayers. Thanks for sharing.

cruzingbuddies    1 year ago

Thanks for your great review. We are going on a “girls cruise” in a week and a half. Your review put my mind at ease somewhat.

javawoody    1 year ago

Good ship tip

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed and informative review. Great attitude for cruising. Glad you thoroughly enjoyed your cruise.

FunnyNana    1 year ago

We have always stayed true to Carnival thru the years and found no reason to change. Ship was older but service was excellant, ship was clean, food was good, entertainment awesome....Worried about enough lounge chairs on sea day, but didn't have any problems at all. Highly recommend Carnival - the cruise is what you make it! Can't wait until we cruise again!

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