It's not what we expected

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 29, 2015

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9170

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This ship was the Destiny--it was refurbished (added 2 more decks), so there were a lot more people on board & the public areas had not been increased.  Food was okay, but not outstanding.  Had to wait in long lines to see the shows.  Staterooms were small--I couldn't go by the bottom of the bed without colliding with my husband's feet.  Most activities were geared to the 18-40 age group.  Music was geared to them, so it was constant thumping & very loud.  Ship did a very poor job of disembarking at Aruba.  We arrived at 1 pm & had a tour at 1:30.  Instead of announcing that people with 1:30 tours disembark first, everyone was crammed into extremely long lines on deck 0.  This was a problem for my husband who has trouble standing for long periods of time.  This ship goes to Bermuda on Oct 2. & we had considered going on it--after this experience, we have decided never to travel on this ship again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Pianist did not even show up at appointed times.

Children's Programs

N.A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
really on the small side, even for a ship

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
disappointed it was mostly desert; not enough time to shop if you took an excursion

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

bo789    9 years ago

True! you are on vacation, still better than any where else, U make it what you wnt it to be!

bo789    9 years ago

True! you are on vacation, still better than any where else, U make it what you wnt it to be!

bo789    9 years ago

True! you are on vacation, still better than any where else, U make it what you wnt it to be!

bo789    9 years ago

True! you are on vacation, still better than any where else, U make it what you wnt it to be!

bo789    9 years ago

True! you are on vacation, still better than any where else, U make it what you wnt it to be!

jamesdecatsye    9 years ago

Sunshine is great yes the guy burger area is cramped yes staterooms are small your on a ship lots of security lately maybe why was running behind give the sunshine another chance we did after last year and was not disappointed enjoy your cruise not find faults in everything

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