Sunshine

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 03, 2016

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5351

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

 I don't know if my expectations were too high or what I was expecting as this was only my second cruise.  The boat to me was nice I enjoyed the adults only area on the upper deck.  The waterslides on the boat were cool concept  The kids really love this area.   The entertainment was not what I was expecting there was a couple of shows  but not a wide variety of choices.  I did like the comedy shows .  As far as the food and service  most of the time we had to get her own drinks while laying out on the deck  there were never enough servers to accommodate the crowd.  The bartenders on the deck  we're not very nice or eager to help.  The deck bars with close in the afternoons at 5 o'clock.  The two times we ate in the formal dining room  The service was very slow not friendly  and the food was  terrible . And as far as the buffets the meats and fish seem to be the same every day  there was never a good variety in my opinion. The best  part of the food to me was the guy Fery burger joint they were great!  There were other options to eat on the boat but those restaurants were an extra charge everyone in my group said they had never heard of that before ... All in all I had a good  time but I will never  Cruise on the Carnival sunshine again....

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very clean!! Very nice guys Darryl and Jose who are always ready to help

Ship tip

Eat the burgers ..... Pay the extra to eat at Ji Jis Chinese restaurant it was our best meal of the trip !!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5
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18 Comments

budman2228    8 years ago

I have had bars close on glory last trip. One stayed open by pool while other was closed during movies

courtneywills    8 years ago

That's weird I never heard of the bars closing on the breeze they were open the whole time

budman2228    8 years ago

I don't think gellmore in any of his cruises has ever had anything go wrong.

rogerellenborland    8 years ago

The bar might close at 5, but there is always someone walking around waiting to take your drink order.

JusMe    8 years ago

Gellmore.    The review was not "bad and unfair"   it was Chuck5511 opinion of his cruise.  You were not in his cabin with his dining staff on the exact cruise so you do not know what he experienced.  

 

I have been on a cruise where I had a great time and a buddy of mine did not because of all the trouble he had with his cabin and cabin steward (a/c not working well, sink not draining, TV remote not working, room key card not working and cabin steward not doing anything to fix the issues)  you can not discount his opinion because on a different cruise you had a good time.

 

Not all Ships have extra pay restaurants,  Older Carnival ships like the Imagination only have the MDR, Buffet and pool side grill,  no steak house on that ship.

lidomiddeck    8 years ago

Tonyflorida, bad girl. Politics and cruising don't mix.

gellmore    8 years ago

Tonyflorida. You don 't even deserve a response to that post. Just read my review and comment, but please be literate!!!

nickman684    8 years ago

It was a bad review, yes. Their opinion. Why unfair?

gellmore    8 years ago

Bad and unfair review . Will write my 4/8 review in a day or so .

cindyc24    8 years ago

We are going at Christmas so hopefully they will keep them open.

tonyflorida    8 years ago

We were on 3 weeks ago. One bar would close at 5 on the pool deck and the other remained open, usually with a very short staff. This ship is understaffed for sure.

cindyc24    8 years ago

I never heard of the bars on the lido deck closing at 5pm. That's where they make their money..

courtneywills    8 years ago

You must not know what you are talking about because all ships not just carnival have other places to eat for an extra charge. So idk where you're getting that from an also carnival is a family affordable ship so if you want a more one on one experience go to a fancy more expensive ship.

tangc    8 years ago

There are multiple buffets. Maybe you didn't walk around enough.

tangc    8 years ago

I LOVED the Sunshine!

petersen    8 years ago

If you newer have heard of the extra charge restaurants on ships, then it must be because you haven't Cruised before, or haven't done your homework, as the ships have them. Not only that line, but all of them.

GonnaBeFitMom    8 years ago

Just FYI, it's actually very common for cruise ships to have higher end restaurants that are not included in your cruise fare.

lidomiddeck    8 years ago

Loved the Sunshine.

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