Jan 2016

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 4
Author: purdue7882

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

purdue7882

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 03, 2016

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3132

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Rooms were great. Food was good. Unfortunately we had bad weather. Without day trips and ability to use the pools, it was rather boring and very crowed on the ship. This is usually never an issue since I am either on excursion or in the pool. The buffet meals were crowed and difficult to find a table. The hot tubs were very popular, but dominated by kids, little kids, with food and drink in the pools. I think there could have been some supervision or regulations on this. Loved having the miniature golf and climbing rope adventures.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

very good, crowded, not enough tables

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

would have been great except for the weather

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was clean, nice, bigger than expected.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Did the Blue Lagoon. Really nice, except it was too cold. Would recommend for a day trip. if the weather is warm.

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

1 out of 5

Could not dock due to weather

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5

Shore trip was a joke and waste of money

Thumbs Up 0

7 Comments

stacy333 8 years ago

Going the 26th also.

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stacy333 8 years ago

Going the 26th also.

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buck0764 8 years ago

I second gellmore, cruising on the Sunshine 26 March for the second time.

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gellmore 8 years ago

Going for the 2nd time on Sunshine on 4/8. Love the Sunshine. You can always find something to do, a quiet place to relax. So many food options. A cruise is what you make of it.

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twinsljo 8 years ago

crowded cuz they added lots of cabins and made public areas and new venues very small during reburbishment. smallest buffet I have ever seen on a ship. still fun though.

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wildbill24 8 years ago

The Sunshine is a very crowded ship to begin with.

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rogerellenborland 8 years ago

the bad weather can mess up a good cruise. did you do any of the indoor activities? I agree the parents should better control of the children. most of them just let them run wild. the cruise people really can't correct them because some people would get mad and try to sue the cruise line. some people just don't follow the rules. there are signs all over. no food, drinks or glass in the pool or hot tub.

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Other reviews of this sailing

nice getaway on carnival sunshine

Beyond your control, but it sucked due to weather.

rainy :(