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Carnival Sunrise Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Reviews: 2
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Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Carnival Sunrise

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2023

Ship: Carnival Sunrise

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7275

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Been on over 70 CCL cruises, can roll with most things. This cruise was at the top of my worst cruises ever! Undisciplined kids, foul language, 1-2:00 am, no sniff dogs to detect MJ. Smelled it everywhere. Horrible..never again!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Just fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Long waits for service especially at Sea Day Brunch. Asked to be seated with others as a Solo. Gave me single table in middle of the room.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
So many unruly kids…hot tubs, pools, and adult area pools all taken over by unsupervised kids. Every day, ridiculous.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Thought I was at an elementary school play. Cheap props. Comedian at PG show had no jokes to tell, just played off kids in audience, very slow delivery, boring, walked out.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Room steward Mark, excellent, MDR server, Ni excellent. However, security, supervision and overall peaceful maintenance for other passengers, totally lacking. Will never cruise this ship again for this reason. Never felt safe from hallway hoodlums, running, screaming, knocking* on doors all after midnight!!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Older ship, needs paint interiors.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was delightful.

Ship tip

Don’t expect too much. Friends had warned me from a month previous, I thought they were exaggerating.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Could not dock at Grand Turk, weather/seas a bit rough. Otherwise HMC and Nassau just fine.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Getting was fine however we were notified they changed terminals. Was suggested by Guest Services to go to old drop off terminal to meet my park shuttle van. This was totally incorrect info. Went to old terminal where I was dropped off initially and no one was there, no pick ups, no people, no ships. Was delayed an hour and a half with no one there. For a senior Solo elderly woman this was unacceptable.
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11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Sogmoore     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

JustCruz     11 months ago

With 70 CCL you don’t know better than to go during School Holidays? 🤔

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

mikesue69432215     11 months ago

That was our worst cruise ever also. This boat is exactly as you described. Kids all over boat out of control. Smell of pot all over the boat even in the serenity section. Smell so bad drifting into our room at night made us sick. This is a boat you should skip going on if you want a nice relaxing cruise

seaturtlebus     11 months ago

School breaks are the only time I really cruise. So I just deal with the kids. Unless it's in an adult only area then I complain. Sorry your trip was bad

steveterry     11 months ago

Don’t blame Carnival, it was the worst ship we have been on also. It needs a lot of work when even Guys was bad. My wife commented that his BBQ was the best meal we had. Going on the Magic December 16th and should be back to the Carnival we’re used to.

karlgrgurich     11 months ago

cruising2004     11 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

kelskazoo22     11 months ago

Ugh I’m sorry it was so bad. I’ve been on this ship 3x and while I had a decent time it was the same issues and that’s it for me. Not booking Sunrise again.

javawoody     11 months ago

Booking short cruises during school breaks means lots of kids.

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