Very disappointed

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 2
Author: skerley

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

skerley

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 99

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 21, 2015

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6260

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This was our 4th cruise and by far the worst one. We love to cruise but this boat was too crowded and their main focus was on the sale of alcohol and not the safety of the guest. The pool was crowded and had several racist drunks jumping in splashing people and yelling USA,USA. Security wouldn't do anything about it at first. Finally something happened on the last day and they had to drain the pool. Also we signed up for early dining and was given late dining. We never eat this late and asked to be changed. We were told they would notify us the next morning about our change. By 2:00 the next afternoon we hadn't heard anything so we went back to guest services and was told nothing had been changed. Later we had a note under our door telling us they couldn't change it. Because of this we skipped the dining room several nights. This was our 4th cruise and we were not happy this time. Probably going to try another cruise line for our next cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The steakhouse was exceptional but the rest of the food was average.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We only laid out by the pool during the day and went to the Liquid Lounge at night for the show and were happy for the most part.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Will not take this ship again.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The cabin was what we were used to from previous cruises.

Ship tip

If you have the extra money the steakhouse was well worth the money.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

12 Comments

tonyflorida 9 years ago

if you don't like people saying "USA" on a cruise ship based in OUR country then I suggest you take a cruise from another country, say Iran, and STAY there!

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wgharris3 9 years ago

I believe that this was this person's experience, I didn't get just saying USA made them racists in as much as that was one of the things they were doing that made this person's experience not as enjoyable as they would have liked. All who have cruised before has had their own experiences unfortunately this trip wasn't what they had hoped for it happens. They have the right to express their perspective like us all. I sincerely hope their next trip is a much more enjoyable one.

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pierarosie 9 years ago

get over it.....everyone is there to have a good time...next time rent a private boat...

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sandrasettle 9 years ago

They were proud to be living in such a great county! I call that patriotic not raciest!

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cpfritz 9 years ago

We cruise on Carnival every January and love it. Also, as Canadians we really appreciate your patriotism and have always been treated with the upmost respect by Americans!!!

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DSowell 9 years ago

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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CrazyCruiser1238 9 years ago

Still should of choose later dining, anytime dining is horrible, you will wait 1 hour till getting seated, if you get seated at all!

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fuddhist 9 years ago

Buh Bye!

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firebeach10 9 years ago

They always drain the pool the last evening

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AZTX 9 years ago

Sounds like 'early dining' was filled up... If that was the case, they would not be able to assign it to you.

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Bilbo1369 9 years ago

Next time, choose "anytime" dining and your problem is solved. Also, cruise ships are a business that give you food, hotel, and entertainment in your ticket price. Their profit comes from alcohol sales and sailing at capacity. When you own a cruise ship, you can sell as few cabins as you'd like and give alcohol away. Finally, saying "USA" is not racist. Perhaps you should Google a word before using it in a sentence.

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juliabartusedwards 9 years ago

if you didn't like late dining, you could have choose anytime dining.

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