Good experience with a few problems

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7252

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We had a very relaxing vacation. Plenty to do on the ship. Great employees and food. We saw two physicians and received great care from the RN and physician.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
We waited for over an hour trying to get into the parking deck. It appeared that only one employee was helpful in guiding vehicles into parking garage. When we encountered this employee, we were guided to the correct location. We’ve been on many cruises and never had this type of experience. Lots of walking and standing before getting on the ship. My elderly mother was out of breathe until we came to an area where she could sit down. The area is right before you board the ship. Things went smoothly once we were on board.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was very good. Not enough seating in the buffet area at certain times of the day.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Comedians were great. The shows were very enjoyable.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The cruise director and dancers were excellent.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Our 3 year old had a great time. He asked to go to the kids club.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room was kept clean, room stewards were very friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Not enough seating on the lower deck pool where kids were allowed. People in the pool saved seats while in pool or bar areas. Many empty chairs with belongings on them. My Mom fell on the ship in a doorway. In some doorways near the elevators, there are elevated metal strips. Some are higher than others. Once we rented a wheelchair, it was difficult to push a wheelchair over the elevated strips.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very comfortable. Had small refrigerator. Loved having a balcony view.

Ship tip

Take plenty of diapers, pull ups and wipes. We were told by guest services that the gift shop sold these. They didn’t have any, nor did the kids club. We thought we took too many pull ups. We made it off the ship with 3-4 diapers. Too close for comfort.

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5
Beautiful beach. Aruba wasn’t what we expected. It wasn’t very pretty. People were very nice.

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
We walked around in the town. Many gift shops and clothing stores. Very cute town.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Beautiful area near port. Many nice shops and great swimming area and bar at Margaritaville. Pool was freshwater.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Process wasn’t good for an elderly person. Too much walking and standing. There needs to be seating along the pathway for elderly. We were told we couldn’t take the wheel chair we rented from the ship off the ship. After getting off the ship we saw Carnival employees pushing people in Carnivals wheelchairs. I don’t know if we were given wrong info.
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