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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2018

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2258

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I did not have hot water during my entire cruise. That was my first cruise. Also I had to pay 100.00 for two umbrellas at the beach on Grand Turks Island . When later I was told that the Green umbrella were free. For a first time cruiser you should have had someone drone carnival Cruise lines explaining things like that two us. We also had a lot of kids running up and down the halls at night making it hard to sleep. Maybe we took the wrong cruise and that’s why we were not happy. We expected more and received less for out 20 th wedding anniversary. We thought that this would be very special but it was not that at all. I guess I expected more for my money and what I was told . So I don’t think Carnival will be receiving anymore of my money. I know this won’t make a difference but I’m just a hard working man who was not satisfied on this cruise.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Ship tip

Did not have hot water for my cruise and was not happy about that.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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12 Comments

cruisellama    5 years ago

BabyCrab    5 years ago

Yeah ilkebigboats, funny how that happens, isn't it? 🤔

davidingeorgia    5 years ago

Book a spa cabin and you won't have a problem with kids in hallways. That is a adults only section of the ship.

mypreciousfamily    5 years ago

@clferr- don’t bash parents. I’ve seen many adults acting like fools in some cases worse than kids. I look at it like everyone on paid to be there so HAVE FUN.

BabyCrab    5 years ago

@ iLkeBigBoats - tell me about it! On one of my cruises I got off of an elevator (in the dead of night!) and discovered a very drunk, middle aged man pounding on his cabin door while holding a beer and wearing nothing but his sneakers! You could hear the laughter from his cabinmates coming from inside! I never did find out how this old guy ended up naked, and locked outside of his room, and I probably don't want to know. But it was funny as hell. It just proves that anything can happen on a cruise! 😎

clferr    5 years ago

Maybe you didnt have the water temperature adjusted correctly. And you never have to pay for umbrellas. Just get there early enough and you should be able to find a spot under the palm trees. As for the kids, that happens all the time. It's called BAD PARENTING! And what did you expect because it was your Anniversary? Before cruising you should do some research and find out what is included and what is available. Plenty of sites to ask questions on.

BabyCrab    5 years ago

It's a sad fact, but anytime you cruise while kids (and/or college students) are on some kind of break or vacation, you can pretty much expect to hear the pitter patter of little (and NOT so little!) feet racing up and down the hallways long into the night. It sucks when you're trying to get some sleep, but until the cruiselines either enforce a curfew for unaccompanied minors after 11:00 pm, and assign crew members to patrol the halls looking for noisy partyers, we're pretty much stuck dealing with the noise. 😔

Mydogluke    5 years ago

Love the Sunshine

taacman    5 years ago

The umbrella issue is and has been discussed on this site hundreds of times and almost daily as well for Grand Turk. Didn’t put in your cruise date or ship so wonder if you really traveled.

davidnlisa    5 years ago

🙄😏

Shh813    5 years ago

I had the same question ILkeBigBoats.

browns1    5 years ago

Sounds like someone did not do any home work why blame carnival over there laziness

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