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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Bahamas (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 15, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1624

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

It was not our best cruise, went economical for the first time and it showed! The price of the pictures REALLY irked me! The one excursion was really good, our waitstaff was a positive, our room steward was a negative

Embarkation

4 out of 5
A little busy, but organized like MOST embarkations!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The main dining room was nice, we had OUTSTANDING wait staff!!! They really went out of their way to entertain my three year old granddaughter! Montree, Susi & Sugundo!!! They ALSO did NOT look at me funny when taking and delivering my dinner orders! Drinks were good, expensive as usual, but the few that we had, good!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
My wife & I used the pool, my son & family toured the ship & enjoyed the kids things for the baby! Dr. Suess was a BIG hit for her, and the pirates area also!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Good

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
She LOVED them all!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
The waitstaff, five stars, room steward, three stars, other staff, four stars. This was the first cruise we were on that the room steward did NOT straighten up the room late afternoon OR that the Maitr`e D or his asst. did NOT come around to the tables to introduce themselves OR were even at the door to welcome his guests for dinner ANY of five nights! Formal night was a JOKE. I wore a jacket & tie, there were people with tee shirts & shorts! grrrrr

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The overall comfort, size, and cleanliness of our cabin was good! Would have been nicer with an afternoon tidy-up!

Ship tip

Bring a good camera, take your OWN pictures!!! $16.00, YES, SIXTEEN DOLLARS for a 5x7 picture is OUTRAGEOUS & PIRACY besides all the other little goodies you'll buy at the photo shop!

Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

5 out of 5
We live here! SO much to see & do!!! Come a day or two early and sight see!

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Was ok. My son & I went snorkeling with Stuart Cove's Dive! EXCELLANT!!! Three different sights, fish in all (yellow tail snapper, Great Barracuda, Sergeant Major, Princess Parrotfish, Stoplight Parrotfish, & some unidentified species) HOWEVER, the last sight, SHARKS, A lot of them and it was MAGNIFICENT!!! The crew, Capt. Chris, first & second mates were OUTSTANDING!!! Kept all of us Safe & Happy!!!

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

4 out of 5
Shopping, hard to bargain for some reason!

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Abysmal!!! Poor Emma, I wanted to pull "my lovelies" from her throat! No one knows how to read (PASSENGERS), nor listen!!!
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5 Comments

jeffmasayo    7 years ago

Formal night on cruises should be (as on Carnival ships) discretionary. I am on vacation - and I do not want to be told how to dress for my dinner - which I paid for in advance!!

alanathep    7 years ago

Interesting.....

TNTGreen    7 years ago

It's not. I just tried to do a review of one of my past cruises and it's not an option. It's the same poster with no history and posting reviews with similar wording but different ships which is Aka as trolling.

alanathep    7 years ago

I'm noticing a lot of people using this new format. It may be the new app update.

TNTGreen    7 years ago

Calling your review BS since Jamprincess posted a review which is probably you for Carnival Valor which has the similar complaints and same format.

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