Tremendous first family vacation!!

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2018

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2243

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We had a wonderful time and hope to do it again in the future.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
For first timers, it went incredibly smooth and easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was incredible and everywhere, our kids had the time of their lives sampling and choosing anything the liked!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Our sons had so much to do between the waterslides, the pool, the games and the clubs, they were happily exhausted every night and we parents felt like we had had a vacation on our own, it was great!

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
This was the best part for our boys, they loved Carnival kids club and the Circle C club! The leaders of these clubs were amazing and we can't thank them enough for the experiences our boys had with them.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The stewards on our floor were incredible and made such a great impression on all of us!! Our boys are still talking about how much they looked forward to seeing Anton and Kutut every morning and throughout the days, they made our first cruise and first family vacation feel like old friends and will be forever remembered so fondly for that experience!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The Sunshine was lovely, the kids had the layout figured out by the second day, we were never concerned about their safety or whereabouts the whole time, such a nice way to let them have a little independence and freedom. Everything was clean and fresh all the time, we really never saw anything dirty anywhere, very well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very nice room, loved the close up oceanview and it was large enough that we were always comfortable, our boys are quite tall but we had no problems with our sleeping arrangements. The room was always so clean and Anton and Kutut were always right on top of everything!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
We walked around and did some shopping in a few of the local shops and stopped at an outdoor bar/restaurant where we were able to sip drinks in view of the port, we stayed all day chatting with locals and staff, the people here are so friendly and helpful, we enjoyed ourselves immensely and plan to return to Bonaire often.

Grand Turk Island Did not visit port

Due to a medical emergency and apparently weather we were not able to visit this port, which was the reason I had chosen this particular sailing, so I was very disappointed by that.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
It all went very well, despite how some people behave, the cruise company handled all of this well and we had no real issues, they make it quite easy to get around and it goes quite quickly.
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1 Comment

OwenArrrg    6 years ago

Sunshine was also my 1st totally got stung hard by cruise bug. Only worthwhile vacation I can think of.

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