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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 01, 2019

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1467

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall my family and I had a blast.,Would like a suite next time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Pretty easy and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food choices could be better as well as free juices.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Kids went in pool, I didn’t. Pool is not large enough neither is hot tub. Liked the pool table, my husband and I played a few times. Also enjoyed the water slide but some of the landing on stairs did smell like urine.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
DJ can be better plays the same

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Never took my child to kids club but he liked hanging out by the basketball court

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff especially, restaurant hostesses at the Sunrise (Rasheda and Simi) were very friendly and remembers my whole family of 7 by name. Not to mention Joel, Pande and Rosanno are the nicest, courteous people ever. Wanted to take Joel and put him in my suitcase. Also had a great time with Remesto, Jarwi and Darma. My last dinner there, I got up and dance with the staff it was fun. Love these folks.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Dining room was always clean, which is important. Don’t know anything about ship design so can’t comment there.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
I hated the small room, bathroom is extremely small. I guess that’s normal but housekeeping did a great job daily with keeping it clean.

Ship tip

Bring a really good air freshener for bathroom, not a plug in. Arrive a little early for shows to get good seating. Also, shaded lounge chairs get taken really early.

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

4 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Water is calm and clear. Had a great nap here

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Loved walking around, went to the fish fry area and had conch fritters and conch salad which was delightful.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
This was a bit of a hastily for us but it was an isolated incidence I suppose
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3 Comments

lizzyd629    5 years ago

We had a suite on the Fantasy our second time saing on her. First time was an interior...lol let me tell you...that was a huge difference! Now we do balcony cabins, best of both worlds. BUT if you can afford a suite...DO IT!!

Mydogluke    5 years ago

Love the Sunshine and Carnival

mikeman1    5 years ago

My husband got a suite on a different boat. Liked it. Came with perks. Enjoyed it.

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