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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 18, 2015

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2207

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was excellent. Itinerary was what we were looking for. The price was great. A few improvements could be useful. The anytime dining is not recommended, choose an assigned seating (less confusion and less wait time). The disembarkation needs to be revised. It took forever to get off the ship and we missed our shuttle pickup and had to wait 2 hours for another shuttle. Of course we could have made it, if we carried ALL of our own luggage off ourselves (being senior citizens, that is not a reality). The smoke in the casino was so bad, we had to use other decks to go bow to aft.

Overall it was a great cruise and we would recommend it.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Always clean, fresh towels when requested. The cabin stewardess was very friendly and got to know our habits quickly. Highly recommended.

Ship tip

Excellent ship. We were excited to sail on it. It use to be the Destiny, we sailed on the maiden voyage and excited to see the improvements, as it was renamed the Sunshine. We were not disappointed.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

moonside1979    9 years ago

honestly there shouldn't be smoking in the casino, it smells terrible. We took a cruise on the Fantasy and the kids had to walk past the casino to get to Camp Carnival...there was no other way to get there. it was terrible. just have smoking in areas outside.

BDRebel    9 years ago

I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation. The debarkation is always the one with the "ifs' built in -- but at least you didn't miss the last shuttle.

As far as the smoke, I'm sure that Carnival could figure a way to better ventilate the indoor smoking area, however I doubt they would be willing to not allow smoking in the casino.

daniellarichardson56    9 years ago

Kelly Lawson...so, non-smokers should just never go to the casino? I'm sorry if it offends you that most of the ship is smoke-free, but it offends me that I could get cancer from your addiction.

kellylawson9275    9 years ago

Smokers have very few places left to smoke. If you don't like the smell then don't go there. After all you have about 95% of the ship with no smoking.

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