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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

10 Night Eastern Caribbean Carnival Journeys (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 15, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1440

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

My favorites part of the cruise was the excursions.  We exited the ship in St. Kitts, Antigua, Martinique, St. Thomas, and San Juan PR.  I booked excursions at each port and they were outstanding: good sun, good fun, good service, expensive but worth it.  The shipboard food was great.  Comedy club was bad; couldn't get in there because once the first session filled up, the crowd would not depart and all latter shows were filled; the two nights we made it were great and bad (1st night).  The attempted to double charge me for Spa appointments that I paid for prior to getting on the ship.  All added charges were removed but only at my request.  Spa tried to upsell my wife by telling her should ignore the prepaid agreement and add a bunch of services and products without my consent.  Tried to contact Spa manager who did not return any of my calls.  I slipped and fell on the wet ship deck that was unmarked and was told I would have pay $185 to see the doctor to get treatment (roughed it out).  Had infected tooth, had to pay $185 to get antibiotic.  Shipboard entertainment was not as good as previous cruises I was on; thank God for excursions.  Was told that gratuity was included in overall cost but ship automatically charged me night before departure.  Had to wait extra half hour on ship at departure to resolve.  Ship's service personnel said the charges were optional and removed them at my request.  I'm talking about an additional $260 option if I did not catch it.  Overall, the cruise was great but I lack trust in accounting and sales departments.  Reevaluating whether my next cruise will be on Carnival.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent food with many choices.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Put-put golf, Basketball court, obstacle course, corn hole were all great and available. Sports bar showed the playoff games and seats were available.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Couldn't get in because people would not leave from previous events. Motown show was only show I was able to get in to see and it was great. Only able to see two comedy shows in 10 days.

Children's Programs

Did not take any children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room service and cleaning were outstanding, Accounting and medical were unsatisfactory.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship appeared clean and well designed

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Could not have been better. Outstanding treatment.

Ship tip

Great cruise but double check all your charges, particularly those from the SPA and prior to departure.

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Fort-De-France, Martinique

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

sunshinel9ver    7 years ago

don24332. I cannot believe you did not tip the staff. They either make or break a cruise and I have never had a bac experience with Carnival workers. You should've ashamed!!!!!! Do research before next cruise!!!!!!!!!!'

bronco    7 years ago

davidnlisa    7 years ago

Please...

alanathep    7 years ago

It sounds like he didn't know about gratuities at all. Please, look at this trip as a learning experience and know that they are NEVER built into the cruise price. You do pay separately, but please make sure you don't remove them. Those folks work their ass off for us! Learn for next time! Budget and research!

lidomiddeck    7 years ago

agree, we always tip over and above what the pre paid gratuities are. cheap is cheap.

ktnstar    7 years ago

Wow, so you removed gratuities that all of the staff on the ship work so hard for. Shame on you.

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