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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Carnival Sunshine

Sail date: June 06, 2009

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This was our first experience cruising. We selected Carnival because of price and needed a short duration. Cruise was enjoyable. At the time we cruised, the ship name was Carnival Destiny.

As a first time cruiser our experience was both good and bad. We selected a short length cruise because of price and available time off. This was a mistake because of the number of families with children, many of whom were left unattended and very disrespectful. Jamaica was scary. We had the horseback ride in the ocean excursion and our tour guides were required to carry firearms because of the constant threat of attack. Grand Cayman was extremely enjoyable as we strolled down the seven mile beach and found a place to relax. There we rented kayaks and snorkeling gear. Simply beautiful.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Daily bingo at a great price

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The revue shows and comedy was spectactular

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Short length cruises attracts many families with children who cannot afford the longer length cruises. Unattended children everywhere and many disrespectful.

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6 Comments

Jarford    8 years ago

no matter where kids are thy should be well behaved and supervised!!

JusMe    8 years ago

Welcome to Cruiseline.com.  I have found it to be one of the nicer friendlier boards to post reviews and use the form section.  Always nice to have new people to hear their opinions and reviews.

danaglow    8 years ago

Thank you for your comments. I just found out about CruiseLine.com and decided to write a review on all three of my cruises. This review is not a negative review, however I do suggest taking longer length cruises. Carnival has always been an excellent cruise line and my wife and I plan to cruise many more times with them. The ship was not Sunshine, it was called Destiny and then renamed to Sunshine. There is no option for Carnival Destiny here. Nice catch and thank you.

rogerellenborland    8 years ago

carnival is a family oriented company. if the kids bother you try Holland American.

terry115    8 years ago

brianscottjones1967    8 years ago

Is this a very late review, because you cruised in 2011 and it wasn't on the sunshine