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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

hallsherry

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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Carnival Sunshine

4 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 01, 2022

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7297

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was 2 nd time on Sunshine this year. Not as good as back in the Spring. Very disappointing trying to get to Half Moon from ship. Only had 2 tender boats. Ended up with only 3 hours on the island Will consider making sure ports I choose in the future have actual docks yo not deal with this

Embarkation

4 out of 5

To many steps at port of Charleston to go thru

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dining room good. Buffet just average . Guys burger as expected. Blue iguana good. Did not visit specialty foods

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pools too small and always overcrowded. Did not care much for comedy shows. Main show good .enjoyed bingo and deal or no deal

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Good entertainment overall

Children's Programs

No kids with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff very friendly and work real hard -

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Comfortable bed and pillows. Steward kept it cleaned

Ship tip

Small ship but has a lot of amenities if bigger ones

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina Did not visit port

No time

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Only downside is no dock. Tender ships to island was very slow and unorganized

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Did early debark but it was too slow and confusing. Took abt an hour to get from waiting area to finally getting off ship. Should have been smoother

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