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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 25, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8265

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed the cruise.  The service from waiters, waitresses and housekeeping was excellent.  Some things need to be changed.  Getting on board take more time than getting through airport security.  We had to show our Sign and Sail card 4 times before getting on board.  Also getting off the ship - everyone was upset because we were told to go to 5 but no staff was there to guide us where to go and also we were not told we could get off first because we had a shore excursion - where others did.  Departing on the final day the announcement was made to go to 5 - then we were told at Guest Services the day before to go to 3.  When we tried a staff person, told to go to 4 if we were leaving early for our flights.  Also everyone (including us) was aggravated when the internet plan wouldn't work on cell phones or the computers provided.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very good housekeeping, though ours could have used vacuuming. Found a pill on the floor the day we arrived. Could have been a crisis if a child had been with us.

Ship tip

Don't buy the internet plan unless you want to get on only about 5 a.m.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Leave plenty of time to get to the airport. The bus takes awhile to get there.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Loved this port above the rest.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

Turtlekellie    7 years ago

I tried to get on at 5am one morning this week on the Sunshine and still couldn't.   Paid 140 for the top tier internet.  Works intermittently on deck 9, never in a cabin.  Totally worthless.  

LennysRedRose    7 years ago

Did you pay the $5 internet fee or get the $16 a day one? Did it work but intermittent or not work at all?

Deanna13    7 years ago

the sunshine not my favorite ship, the wifi didn't work foe me either.

clferr    7 years ago

What ship?

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