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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

mlambert

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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5 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 24, 2016

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8166

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This is a good value destination and ship for a quick 5 day trip. The ship is crowded

And lots of Kids. Reasonably priced. You will not get an extravagant buffet. However, you can also have pizza. Burgers and 3 specialty restaurant choices for a additional charge on the specialty. The night sit down dinners were very good and service was great. The nightly outdoor movies were nice. The loungers were hard to find due to the large number of people. On board pools were packed.

Entertainment was fair, I wish they had more on board programs. Overall, you will enjoy the cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The cabin was fairly clean. Our Stewart was courteous, and fairly thorough. This was our smallest balcony of 5 cruises. Plenty of storage TV was very small. Beds were firm.

Ship tip

If you are expecting a luxurious cruise, this is not it. Lots of crowds and Kids. However, we were not surprised. We feel we got exactly what we signed on for. Food was OK and adequate. Guys burgers and pizza was OK. Alchemy bar was our martini bar of choice. Most pleasant crew on board.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Stay at the Radisson for car parking and ship shuttle. Went very smooth.

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

We were happy to have rented a Cabana. Comes complete with huge amounts of snacks and soft drinks. The bar was very hard to get a drink.

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Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

Take the bike ride. Mikey our guide was very informative and fun. Not overly strenuous. Learned of the island history.

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8 Comments

chvygrl10 8 years ago

I guess when you add 182 more cabins to a ship & you have the same amount of space to work with it's going to be crowded. According to Wikipedia(which I know can be wrong) Destiny held 2642 passengers & 1150 crew. The Sunshine holds 3006 passengers & 1150 crew. I do know on Carnival's site it says 3002 passengers & 1040 crew so Wikipedia could be close on this. And gellmore, overcrowding would cause me to give it a lower score as well. I think the crowds made a lot of people rude. I was shoved by an old woman on an elevator & I was up against my mom as close as I could get. She took her hands & pushed me. I fell & she just kept going. The other people were ready to go after her. There are other things but I won't go into here as I've already talked to much.

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Babygirl94 8 years ago

@yankandbrit, thanks for clearing that up. So I'm assuming, you get a beer mug after you pay. That can be tricky because what if you have a big mug thats bigger then the normal mug that you brought from home? You can get a double size beer, for the price of a regular size beer.

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yankandbrit 8 years ago

@babygirl94 you insert your sail and sign card into the beer station...same with pour your wine in the Library Bar but that isn't as reasonably priced as the beer! Loved it!!

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Babygirl94 8 years ago

How does the pour your own beer station work? Is there somebody watching over it? Anyone can use their own cup to get beer.

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rogerellenborland 8 years ago

We were on the Sunshine April 3, yes it was crouded but we always found chairs on deck 10. It was our second time on it but not the last. It's a great ship. So much to do you need more time on it. All kinds of food all over the ship. Really like the pour your own beer station.

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micky63363 8 years ago

We did Conquest in 2012 Sunshine in 2015. Loved them both but booked Aft extended balcony for 2018 on Sunshine. Really liked more food choices and Serenity!

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CruisinTrkrs3 8 years ago

Thank you for your review. We're not going on her until next Oct, but our anticipation levels remain high! Cannot wait to be on the Sunshine. We were on the Conquest in Feb and it was amazing, looking forward to our next cruise being equally so.

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gellmore 8 years ago

Overcrowded and a lot of kids are all you did no care for and only. 3 stars??? Just saying !!

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