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Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 4
Author: Maniac

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Maniac

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Bahamas (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9173

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This has been one of the worst cruises I have ever been on. It started from departure to the end. It took forever to get on and very unorganized in getting off. The food was just so so. I have had better. If it wasn't for the band Broken Headlights , we would have been really upset. The shows were the same as last Oct cruise. We did anytime dinning for the first time and would never do that again! I think Carnival is just getting away from customer service.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Nothing to brag about. Seems to be getting cheaper and cheaper

Onboard Activities

Nothing to do on last day of cruise for we don't gamble. Just had a little triva

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Same as last October to me. As I said earlier Broken Headlights saved us from boredom. Great group

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our cabin Stewart Ryan was good Margarita our waiter a few times was great.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

I just feel this ship is cut up. I always had a hard time in finding the dinning room. Cleanliness was great. Disco was a joke!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

No problem with our room. Ryan was great to us.

Ship tip

Red frog pub and ocean plaza good spots on ship

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Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

5 out of 5

Sorry to see no more cruises coming out of Norfolk

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Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5

Very dirty. Was very disappointed. Most shops close at 6. We thought they would be open later since our ship left at 10 pm.

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

Even though not much to do it was cleaner and very friendly

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12 Comments

davidnlisa 7 years ago

Your welcome.

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Dutch3901 7 years ago

I see, thanks. Very interesting (I learn something new). I can certainly see a group needing to do this. Mostly, it's just my wife and , and having FTTF and tipping the receptionist, we don't wait long at all. Thanks again!

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davidnlisa 7 years ago

Dutch, the waiter's told us the time ticket actually helps then move service better. You go to Promenade near the Alchemy bar, there is a lady set up who takes down how many in your party, room# then gives you a ticket with a time on it to go downstairs to check in at the MDR. It can get crowded at popular dinner times but we went off times like 7-7:30 and we never had to wait. I think if you are traveling with a group who want seating together it could be more problematic.

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robinl23381515 7 years ago

I personally dislike Sunshine! my opinion! too crowded! hard to get into venues, due to space

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robinl23381515 7 years ago

Dutch...sunshine increased # of guest when renovated.. didn't increase public area..so small venues for # of guest..have to wait

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Dutch3901 7 years ago

Davidnlisa, what is the time ticket about? We've had ATD on a number of cruises and I've never heard of it (all Fantasy Class ships with one Conquest Class ship). Size of ship maybe?

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sunshinel9ver 7 years ago

LOVE THE SUNSHINE.ððð

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robinl23381515 7 years ago

your time diningâ on Sunshine is always nightmare! not that. way on. other. ships

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davidnlisa 7 years ago

*with

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davidnlisa 7 years ago

ATD on Sunshine & Vista are done the same way witbmh having to go to one floor get a time ticket and then go to another floor for dinner.

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Dutch3901 7 years ago

It's funny how different people look at things differently. Once we went ATD, 6 cruises ago, we've never gone back to assigned dining. Love it. I like to board smoothly as well, but my wife and I have fun in line with each other and make the best of it. I remind my wife that regardless of how long it takes to get on the ship, we are eating dinner onboard and will be sleeping on that ship... About 7 cruises ago, we just decided that we won't let a longer boarding process influence or flavor the next 7 days... I understand getting off being a zoo- where people arrive at different times over 4-5 hours to embark, pretty much everyone want to disembark within the same 2 hour time... It's chaotic, just the nature of the beast. Glad you enjoyed the band. That's important to us as well. Hopefully your next cruise will seem better!

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cece1951 7 years ago

Live a little! Never take the same ship twice!

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