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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 73

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 28, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2261

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Crowded ship, but great weather and ports visited! I would do these stops again, but would choose a different ship. Wait staff works very hard. Thanks Carnival!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We have FTTF (Faster To The Fun), so everything was so quick! Hardly had to wait at all. We were one of the first groups to get on the ship!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Plenty of food and drinks! Sometimes the food was only warm and not that hot. Drinks were over priced, but we expected that. We enjoyed JiJi's Asian one night and enjoyed sea day brunch. Wait staff was exceptional and worked very hard.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool was a little too small and got to be very over crowded with kids. Loved the water slides and other activities on the sports deck. My child tried everything at least once! Ropes course was neat.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We saw 3 great musical shows, a magician and the Love & Marriage show. The showroom these are held in was a little small, but there wasn't a bad seat in there.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Our son enjoy camp carnival a few times and they had great activities there for kids his age.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Wait staff worked very hard. They are probably over worked! Room steward was prompt and the room was as expected.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Hard to keep a boat with this many people clean all the time. We did see quite a few messes, but that is because people would be spilling drinks, ice cream and food all over.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
This was just right for our family of 3.

Ship tip

Take food to Havana Bar area in the back of the ship to eat. Always seating there and a nice view. Try the Cuban selection of items they have out at lunch too! It was great.

Ports of call

New York, New York

4 out of 5
Parked in NJ and took the ferry boat over. Walked to the ship from there. It was easy and saved us over $100!

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Loved Margaritaville! Pool was huge and food and drinks were nice to have there.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Very hot and very little shade! It was nice because we were on the first tender boat over. The water was perfect and beautiful. We got very hot so only stayed a few hours and then went back to the ship to eat.

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Another hot day! Just walked ourselves around a bit. Lots of people bugging you to take their tours. Just know what you want to do before you get off the ship. Shopping on main street wasn't bad. Stayed away from the market.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy off with the FTTF! Sad to leave ....
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1 Comment

mrssteph    7 years ago

Did you go to any shows? Trying to find out if the shows are still Motown and the Brits like they were the last two times we cruised.

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