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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

1.8 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 02, 2019

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1611

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Will not cruise with carnival again. Royal Caribbean was so much better!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
9 hours late

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Steakhouse was amazing but everything else was poor

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The 2 pools were tiny - never able to enjoy. Casino and photographers were fun. Didn’t find there were many shops.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Room stewards and some bartenders were nice, but most were rude.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Not clean enough. I caught a viral infection last day on ship

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Use royal Caribbean!

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

1 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Purchased excursion but because we were late getting in it was cancelled.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

2 out of 5
Not many restaurants or shopping

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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11 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Better luck at Disneyland on your next family vacation

jpotterpin    5 years ago

We honeymooned on the Sunshine and had a fabulous time! I'm sorry up hear you did not enjoy it.

chrisjocpa2014    5 years ago

You were not happy with Carnival, I read your review of RC and you obviously where not happy with them, maybe you are just an unhappy person overall or you have no clue what you are doing when it comes to cruising. We have sailed both Carnival and RC and have enjoyed all our cruises. There are pros and cons to both, but with a bad attitude you are never going to have to fun.

Dillard2    5 years ago

Royal is Nice but the food sucked. I’m headed back to the “Fun Ship” for this reason. They both had entertainment and pools etc that I appreciated but I definitely need my food to be appetizing. Sorry you had a bad time but not all your complaints should be directed to the line.

kris042971    5 years ago

Catching a virus can be avoided by washing your hands regularly or using hand sanitizer!!! Its not Carnivals fault if someone boards the ship with a virus. We found Sunshine very clean.

kris042971    5 years ago

We were on Sunshine in Sept... we had a blast!!! I've cruised Royal.... Carnival is a lot more fun!! Royal is over priced and kind of uppity. Too bad you couldn't find anything positive.

afahey    5 years ago

Catching a virus has nothing to do with the cleanliness of the ship. More than likely, you were exposed to the virus before you even boarded the ship. Most viruses take 5-7 days to incubate. You could have picked it up anywhere!!! We found the Sunshine to be extremely clean and the staff was absolutely wonderful. Mikey is one of the best cruise directors we’ve had (and we’ve been on 18 cruises/several different cruise lines). I do agree that the port of Charleston is terrible. A lot of kinks need to be worked out there.

jstone73    5 years ago

Read the review for RC... lmao

ctav    5 years ago

@Cruiser9211 I know right.

Ally57    5 years ago

I'm certainly not rich but I also prefer Royal Caribbean over carnival.

Cruiser9211    5 years ago

Duh... Of course there’s not “a lot of restaurants or shopping” on Half Moon Cay. It’s a tiny private island. Not something that’s over commercialized. This is why you research before you go. Sounds like you belong with the rich crowds of RCCL or Celebrity

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