Curacao and Grand Turk are beautiful

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 21, 2015

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5324

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Curacao and Grand Turk are so beautiful and the water visibility is incredible.  I don't recommend the Catamaran Sail & Snorkel in Aruba, the catamaran ride and crew were great but nothing to see at either site aside from a few starfishes and a couple of fish, very disappointing.   The Carnival Sunshine has fabulous food, excellent variety of things to do and the staff is amazing.  The art seminars and auctions were exceptional.  The dance classes were super fun, a shout out to Morgan she's amazing. The yoga classes are wonderful, a shout out to Trey.  Be prepared to pay extra for the steam room and sauna area on the Sunshine.  The rooms are spectacular and very comfortable. The pool/hot tub area on the ship is very small.  Be sure to try the Blue Iguana for lunch - excellent!  FYI, the smoke from the Smokers is everywhere.  Use decks 2 and 6 to go across the ship to avoid the casino haze of smoke.  Overall, had a really wonderful time.
 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Pool areas way too small. Going through the Casino to get to the other side of the ship was miserable with all the smoke.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Gorgeous cabin, the bathroom was so beautiful and large and the shower was excellent. The bed was luxurious and so comfortable. Loved the huge window. Recommend you add a curtain between the bed and sitting area so one can sleep and one can read and do post cards.

Ship tip

Blue Iguana is a must - shrimp, chicken and steak in a wrap or on the side with all the fixings.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5
Go to the beautiful beaches, skip the snorkeling excursion.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
For $15 per person Caspers 2 hour tour was excellent. They even stop at the beach for 30 minutes.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
The Power Snorkel is worth every penny, so much fun!
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2 Comments

CarolineMarlin    9 years ago

If smoking is restricted to the 3rd floor and the casino, why is smoke from the smokers everywhere? We booked this cruise for our family (with children) and that's definitely not what we were sold?!? We cruise in December.

chandra984    9 years ago

Did you have to pay for the yoga class?

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