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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

bskmoon

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean Carnival Sailabration (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 07, 2022

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8215

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Jake the director has a lot of energy. My biggest concern was my cost of the trip. 6 of our 10 at our dining table were on the Casino $25 plus port fees. Carnival has a best price guarantee, but could not get in touch with Carnival- email link invalid.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food quality has decreased. No tablecloths, Rushed staff.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Small ship, limited space

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Limited “ active” prigrams

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

They tried as best they can. Their gratituity rate is ridiculously high.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Older ship. Needs revamp in rooms

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Nice size.

Ship tip

Take books, your own games, and Bonine

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Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5

No excursion

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Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

A joke unless you wanted to beach or go in town

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island) Did not visit port

Sick roommate

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Pretty good

6 Comments

jmutt24 2 years ago

I just got a $4 offer for a cruise in Australia but it will cost me $3k to get to Australia

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jmutt24 2 years ago

A few comments, actually Carnival is one the least expensive for gratuities. As for Grand Turk, it kind of is a giant sand bar with amazingly clear water so that is why you go there. And those $25 deals are awesome but keep in mind Carnival knows who to offer them to. Carnival makes their money, they know those people gamble, drinks, shop on board or something from their data. Get them onboard and their data shows they will spend.

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dkysor 2 years ago

Take a look at the other cruise lines auto grats they are higher

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taacman 2 years ago

I email and usually have a reply in about 48 hours. The casino rates are usually by invitation and once you to get the notices they start coming every day it seems. Some lately are free interior cabins on deck 1 or 2 and go up from there $20 interior and ocean view and go up to $125/person for balconies with the ship I was looking at for 8 days was was a cove balcony. Suite was $150/ person ( turned out it was a JR). Sometimes I get a notice for the quick get up and go now (don’t remember the real name) which are short cruises and only a few ships and short notice. But we always book a casino offer when we go, but I like being in the casino. I casino offer comes up automatically when I open up carnival but my wife opening up on her PC at the same time does not see the rates I am looking at.

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Bonny99 2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

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Tony005 2 years ago

Yes, good luck trying to get in touch with customer service. I have called 5 times with a few issues and still haven’t had any success after hours and hours on hold only to be transferred to another person that still couldn’t resolve my issues

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