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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 24, 2018

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6303

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Me and my husband had a great vacation and the destinations were all great. We went to flamingo beach in Aruba. In Bonaire we stepped off the port and bought a local $25 tour around the island and then we booked it excursion through carnival for a snorkel which proved to be amazing. However, in grand Turk the water was crystal clear snorkeling was amazing and we spend the day with in view of the ship because our excursion got canceled last minute through carnival because it was windy . Our room was always absolutely clean the food was amazing our dining servers were fine and on top of everything it really made you feel like a five-star restaurant however my husband forgot his dress pants for elegant night and we ate in the buffet and it was rather good as well . The only complaint I have was that there were so many kids on the boat because it was spring break and there was no parental control. When the workers on the boat try to handle the situations the children often curse them out and disregarded what they had to say. I recommend that kids are not allowed to be signed out of camp carnival and less they are within their parents control and the parents should be required to keep with the kids with them at all times if they are under the age of 16. I Saw Young kids sexually harassing other kids verbally. I saw kids throwing food at walls and I even saw kids miss behaving in front of their parents and their parents laughing about it . Of course the cruise line cannot weed out all of the bad apples but they could and still new rules that requires the kids to be with their parents at all times !!!!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
A little late getting out of port but we were early To our destination

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Our servers were absolutely amazing!! It was difficult to get a soda unless you were seated in dining so not sure the Bubbles package were worth it.

Sunrise Dining Room

5 out of 5

William Tommy and Roxelle were absolutely awesome!!!!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The magician wAs very cheesy but we saw as many shows as we could and they were all amazing!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room addentdant helped out so much and I really appreciated a clean room every night!!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The mid ship layout was so confusing! There was also often food and drinks spilled everywhere but not the ships fault, it was due to a lack of parenting to the children in the boat.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Do not go on spring break the kids were running the ship and were rude and parents were drunk in bars not paying attention to them.

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
This was my favorite!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
It was pretty slow but I wasn’t in a rush so it was ok
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4 Comments

hiiroxanne    6 years ago

Agree!!! We weren't even on a school vacation week and the kids were out of control. Even on the serenity deck where they aren't supposed to be!

ElGrande    6 years ago

Spring Break cruises are always a toss-up when it comes to kids. We were on Sunshine for the March 13 run, and the same issues existed. I wish Carnival would institute a "no-tolerance" policy... anything destructive or abusive gets you thrown off at the next port.

sopha    6 years ago

I would never cruise during spring break

okhappy493    6 years ago

My children who are 33 and 37 now were never out of my sight and were respectful to their elders, it's some of the parents today that are at fault, not all parents are bad but it only takes a few to make it bad.

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