Less than satisfied

Item: Carnival Sunshine
Rating: 3.5
Author: RaleyCreative

Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review

RaleyCreative

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 25, 2020

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7139

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Very disappointed. Never gave bad review of any cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food in lido was not good. Same thing pretty much each day. No variety. Worse out of the many cruises I have been on.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Need more to do.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Bathroom had leak at 2 am. Had rust. Heard water inside wall.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Toilet was so close to tub and sink, had to sit sideways. Uncomfortable feeling.

Ship tip

If mediocre is your choice, this is the ship for you.

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Ports of call

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy.

15 Comments

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Kewl

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RaleyCreative 4 years ago

Don’t get me wrong, a bad cruise is better than a good day at home. I would go back in a minute. Room service messed our order up twice, toilet had leak, lido needs more variety as they had same things each meal and the bathroom was narrow for a suite room. Legs touched the sink and tub. Like I said, I enjoy any cruise. These are just some things we experienced.

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jennig1 4 years ago

We went on the Sunshine once, fall 2018. It was not my favorite, but we always have a good time on a cruise. The only two complaints we had was, #1 it was the rough seas or something was wrong with the ship. I have been on other ships, and never had this issue. Could have just been eastern route, but so many were complaining, and several posts about a stabilizer problem. #2 We had an aft balcony with our friends right beside us. They had hot water in the shower, we had to call on two different days to get maintenance to fix ours. But these are not deal breakers for me. I love to cruise, and would go again. Mikey Gibson was our CD, and one of the best!!!!

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gmababy 4 years ago

Loved the Sunshine, never smelled anything, had a wonderful time.

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cbyron3 4 years ago

No issues in November, but this seems to be a fairly common complaint in many ships for some reason. We're heading our in the sunshine again next week and anticipate another good time.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thank you for the review

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sunshine220 4 years ago

We had a great trip on the Sunshine!

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

We both loved the Sunshine

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dwightminner 4 years ago

I'm curious as to what the issues were

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kris042971 4 years ago

I loved that ship!! Unfortunate you didnt have a good time.

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NanMarie 4 years ago

We sailed in Dec of last year and did not smell any bad smells on the Sunshine. Had a great time. Ship was very nice and clean. Food was great.

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tjturner 4 years ago

Sorry you had such a bad experience on the Sunshine, we’ve been on it 3 times and always enjoyed it

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monhopwil 4 years ago

We sailed on this ship a few years ago and there is a bad sewer smell on there.

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LSUCruiser 4 years ago

When I went on that boat it smelled light sewerage all around the boat.

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TeePee73 4 years ago

Hey Blane. 👋🏽 What were some of the disappointing things?

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