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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 31, 2015

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6161

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This our 3rd cruise. 1st with Carnival. We traveled on Carnival Sunshine.

The quality of the food served, except for the deserts, was less in selection, taste variety and quality, than other cruise lines. The destinations were really good.

The cruise entertainment director was exceptional. The shows were very good and well done. Our room attendant was friendly. As far as the other employees go some seemed friendly others you could tell they were just doing a job. The layout of the ship is a disaster. Except for deck 9 you had to go up or down  in some case for several decks to get from point A to point B and with the turning of the staircases you questioned in your mind whether you were going towards the front or aft of the ship, There concern for hygiene seemed to be non existent. There were hand sanitizers around the ship but unless you were really looking off to the side when traveling around they were for the most part out of site. In all the communications on board not once did anyone mention the importance of using the hand sanitizers. If you were on the front or mid section of the ship you had to travel to deck 5 and go threw the casino ( which was  filled with  smokers that when you finally left you  smelled like a smoker)to sign up for dinner if you booked my time dining. Then you had to go down two decks to get to the dinning area and wait for seating.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
It was fine. Liked the layout and roominess of the bathroom especially the shower

Ship tip

Begin to stress the importance of hand sanitation. Split the casino into two sides of the walkway. A smoking side and a non smoking side. Have someone taste the food being served periodically (as an example I had what was called "original chicken noodle soup" It tasted like celery &flour soup)

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5 Comments

moondog73    9 years ago

Maybe next time do some research on the ship before booking. The layout should never really be the cause of a bad cruise.

hartopurple    9 years ago

Not every ship is like that.

wbrown67    9 years ago

We were on the Halloween cruise! That is a couple of our complaints too! Did not like having to walk through casino and the checking in on one deck and eating on another was not very convenient as we had my mom who is in a wheelchair. And many times we could not go through on one deck because you had to walk through one of the lounges which always seemed to be blocked off! Still, none of these are reasons to make me quit cruising Carnival! Ready to book another!!

hartopurple    9 years ago

Why did you have to sign up for YTD? I just go to where you are to be seated, never a problem for us.

moniquin2    9 years ago

We also had YTD and I felt that was a disaster!! We are non smokers and didn't like having to walk with our kids thru that smoke filled casino. So gross!

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