Cruise

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 3.4
Author: Bugged

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Bugged

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 12, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9174

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Not the best, nor the worst. Think we should have gotten more back than port fees for missing a port. May be my last cruise on this line. Otherwise, not a bad trip.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

No problem boarding.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Dining rooms clean, wait staff attentive.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Comedy and magic shows where the best!

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Very entertaining!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Excellent service from all the staff!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

It was ok.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Mold growing around the base of the shower!

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Live here.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico Did not visit port

Skipped due to weather. Refund should have been more!

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Cool!

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Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Lost am hour ashore die to weather.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

12 Comments

sunshinel9ver 7 years ago

Another person looking for free money. If you read your cruise contract before you sail you would know how reimbursements work. The Sunshine is a fine ship. When Carnival (or any other cruise line) misses a port, it is for your safety buddy.

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Nak023 7 years ago

I went on my first cruise ever on Aug 12-20 I read over everything. I even kept a binder with everything I mean everything. so I know they only need to give back port fees but arriving late to ports and not being able to use your excursion...

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Bugged 7 years ago

I understand this. I also understand that I can choose to cruise on another line. This was my seventh cruise on Carnival and the quality has d gone down.

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Castiel 7 years ago

They don't OWE you anything other than port fees if you miss a port. Clearly stated in the cruise contract which no one reads. Anything you get beyond that is not OWED to you.

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Nak023 7 years ago

I'm not blaming the ship I'm glad they were about safety. but they need to also think about guest and all the money they spend. I'm already planning our next cruise

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SalviPR 7 years ago

Why blame the ship/cruise line for weather issues? What if they try go dock and an accident happends?

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Nak023 7 years ago

that happened to us last week. we were not able to go to San jaun and then we were late getting into our last port. we ate also not going back on sunshine

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SalviPR 7 years ago

https://blog.cruise.me/port-charges-and-taxes-explained-4896a3fe563f Hope this helps!

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clferr 7 years ago

They will only refund the port charges if a port is missed. And i have heard quite a few complaints about that ship. I would have mentioned it to the steward and guest services.

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Bugged 7 years ago

The first problem was that we skipped Puerto Rico because of a storm,and they only refunded port fees. They should have refunded more. The second was the fungus growing around the base of the shower.

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MrBill 7 years ago

If it was a private (owned by cruiseline) there would be no port fee.

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clferr 7 years ago

What exactly were the problems? It helps others who want reviews to know all the facts.

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