Worst cruise yet!!

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 2
Author: samendt

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

samendt

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 15, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5349

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The first night was really bad. We had extreme rocking back & forth of the ship. I usually do not have to take Dramamine but I did this time. The rocky trip lasted several days, don't know if it was just our floor (deck 5) or if other floors were also experiencing this. I heard numerous guest complaining. I had preordered sprite and water. We did not get them until late that night. The night before our first excursion, we put out the room service order for breakfast the next morning. IT NEVER CAME!!!! We had wanted room service so we wouldn't be late getting downstairs that morning. Needless to say, we were rushed having to go eat breakfast. Next, our excursion had been rescheduled due to the ship getting into port late. Not just by minutes but by 4.5 hours. Was not happy about this. We also had trouble with the toilet flushing. Sometimes it would and sometimes it wouldn't. Reported it-no one ever came to check. If they did it wasn't fixed....In all we were very disappointed with this cruise and the SUNSHINE ship. We will probably be checking out Norwegian cruise line for our next trip. They offer more perks with their cruises for about the same prices.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

There was a lot of spicy food on this trip (buffet) not enough choices if you don't like spicy.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Disappointed with the fact we did not get our room service. (Had selection on the door handle in plenty of time)

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

The sunshine really needs a makeover. Bathrooms throughout the ship were not as clean as other ships we have been on. There were a lot of flies around the food lines also.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

This room is right next to a maintenance closet and we heard banging and bumping in there at all hours of the night. If I had known it was next door I would have selected another room. Maybe this needs to be on the room selection verbiage.

Ship tip

Pick another SHIP!!!!!

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

2 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

2 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

2 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

10 Comments

sunshinel9ver 7 years ago

Blaming Carnival for the weather?????Duh!!!

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trisha 7 years ago

Been on the Sunshine 4 times and only had one night that you could feel some movement. Been on other ships as well with movement some nights. Its all about the weather and sea waves.

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TreaSivels 7 years ago

You make the best of it, especially when you don't do the research on the ship you are taking. But if you want the best experience, chose to charter a yacht. That way the trip will be perfect ð

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sunshine220 7 years ago

We went on the Sunshine out of 5 cruises I felt the most movement on the Sunshine I didn't get sick or need medication but definitely more movement but there was s hurricane too.

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clferr 7 years ago

How rough was it exactly? What were the wind speeds and wave heights? Deck 5 is rather low and shouldnt have been that bad.

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sherridunsworth 7 years ago

We went on the Sunshine October 2015. We experience rocking too. We also had rough seas for a few nights. Sunshine is a smaller ship. I don' t know if that makes a diigerence in the rocking. We did not experience rocking as bad on the Glory, Freedom or Magic.

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willwork4cruz 7 years ago

You already stated you best method of complaining; take you business elsewhere. I think all cruise lines can have those same issues but if you don't like something, best to try to find what you want another place. NCL is good.

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tayoung 7 years ago

I was on Sunshine in October, we got the remnants of Hurricane Matthew during the night, we never knew it but we were sleeping. When we got up there was salt all over our balcony (lido deck) and all over the the lido deck in the pool area. We were an hour late to port but we stayed an hour later and nothing was cancelled. Under the conditions I was impressed and thankful we had a very good captain.

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Ava831 7 years ago

My first cruise was on the Sunshine in February '16. It was extremely rocky then too but I had nothing to compare it to. After reading your review I wonder if that's a common thing with the Sunshine. Interesting nonetheless.

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mmikeh 7 years ago

I experienced the same movement on our Sunshine cruise this past December. I was on other ships/cruiselines with rougher seas that didn't move as much as the Sunshine did. Not sure if it wasn't using stabilizers or what. Had similar problem with toilet not flushing, they were out 3 different times & couldn't get it fixed. NCL is better in many ways in my experiences, better food & dining options, & much larger buffet that seemed to be open all the time. Definitely try them.

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