Older ship that was remodeled since that was a pleasure to be on

Item: Carnival Sunrise
Rating: 4.5
Author: mikeyb2

Carnival Sunrise Cruise Review

mikeyb2

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 16

Helpful Votes: 380

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2023

Ship: Carnival Sunrise

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Great time. Enjoy it. Fun. Too much food Skip the spa cons.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

A breeze

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Actually was very good. Main dining room was a bit better then the celebration ship 2 months ago with better options Not as many fancy, up charge places to eat at but plenty of food options. Lobster bisque at the steakhouse 555 was not to my liking. Very strong taste. Rest was great. Get the ribeye

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

All around pretty good. Issue was the pool area was loaded for a scheduled movie that never started. Late night Wednesday Who do yo I tell? Call on ? Nobody had a clue. Be nice if you can reach someone via the app. People face up after 30-40 mins. Never did start. Nice fitness Ctr. Last week for cruise director on this ship. He did a great job. Night parties and pool parties all great. Karaoke gal had the music too loud on most songs so could not hear the singers well on some of the louder songs. Told her but she had no clue. Other said the same. Was overall pleased with the activities. Great cruise host. But it’s his last cruise on this ship

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Had cancelations first two nights of shows. But the vintage show was great. Do not sit near the front. I didn’t but you can tell the first row was proud to be there but not so happy when they found 1/4 of the show is in the crowd behind them. Lol

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Found the staff to be great. Zero issues. All pleasant.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Actually surprising in great shape for an older ship. Only rough area is the outside on 3rd level.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Wish I got one towards the middle. No complaints. What was expected. Wish I had softer tissues and toilet paper lol

Ship tip

3rd floor outside is a hidden gem of quite to lounge around and read. Do not use the spa. You will feel cheated. Even the $50 coupon some get in app is worthless. Try it. And the will tell you that’s off a higher rate only to give you $10 off your booking.

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Ports of call

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Loved it. We were just one boat and it was full. Highly recommend you get off within the hour of docking. For good seats Clear water. Get a 10$ floaty from Amazon

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Sogmoore 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Cruzin4zeBruzin 11 months ago

What happened in lieu of Grand Turk? Cruise around the area instead or?

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kelskazoo22 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing!

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Glad you had an enjoyable cruise. Thank you for your review.

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mikeyb2 11 months ago

Getting of was a breeze Also all announcements will wake you up in my room. Hallways speakers heard as if they were in my room.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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galaxy2272 11 months ago

Thanks for the review. I'm assuming the Grand Turk cancelation was due to weather.

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