Terrific vacation!!!!

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 4.6
Author: kimme39

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

kimme39

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 28, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin number: 7208

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Would definitely cruise on Carnival again. Great experience. Like I mentioned my only complaint was people saving chairs and no one checking to see if people were using them.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Our embarkation was very good but, only because we had someone who needed wheelchair assistance. Had we not needed this, the lines were terribly long

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

We ate most days/evenings in the Sunrise Restaurant. From the hostess thru wait staff was EXCELLENT! Our head waiter was Elpedio and he was marvelous! From the first evening were always greated by our first name. The food was very good and desserts even better!my main

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

My main issue was the lack of chairs near the pools. People would get up at the crack of dawn to save chairs and not use them for hours. Supposedly they're only allowed to be saved for 40 mins but that's not the case. One day a lady had 3 club chairs, 16 lounge chairs and 1 daybed and bullied me off one of the lounge chairs as I was sitting on the edge of it. Carnival needs to inforce this rule and not allow someone to utilize chairs the way she did. Shows ere

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Shows were terrific. Get there 15-30 mins prior for seats otherwise you will not get one.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Every staff member was wonderful!!!!! I have never been treated so kindly. Always a cheerful hello and always went out of their way to help.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Getting to restaurant on 3rd floor was a pain in the butt! You have to walk all the way to the back of the boat to get to it. Very hard when you have someone with a walker. 7208

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great cabin. Last cabin at the aft of the ship. There were 3 of us in the room and they made the couch into a bed for me which was PERFECT! Room was cleaned on a daily basis. Beds and pillows extremely comfortable.