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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2023

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6120

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Exceeded all expectations. Only wished we learned of this cruise out of Charleston earlier as we live just 3 hours away. Now after 2024 it won't be an option as we hear Carnival's contract is not being renewed, :-(

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Sailed right thru!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Heard so many say food not great but in our opinion they did a stellar job! Flavorful, with a lot of variety and quantity. We did not feel we needed to eat at a specialty restaurant and staid with what was included.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Rope course, hot tub, serenity pool with waterfall, fitness center (which was huge), and jogging track.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
0nly saw the comedian and a few musicians. We apprecate the option of a PG version for the comedian. He was good!

Children's Programs

We did not bring our grandkids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
This is where they really excelled! Service was unlike any we have experienced on land.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Cleanliness was excellent!! Only complaint is we went through the casino a few times but as a non-smoker it was not pleasant. Other option would have been jockeying multiple elevators to avoid this as we needed to get shuttle tender tickets and disembarkation luggage tags just past casino.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Lots of storage. No outlet near bed for CPAP,etc. but offered an extension cord. Size as expected. Clean and well laid out.

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5
Loved seeing Charles Town Landing the day before the cruise. Managed to do the horse and carriage ride booked through Priceline the morning of the cruise which worked out great as it's very near the port!

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
We did the Discover Nassau tour purchased through Priceline. We wasted alot of time looking where to meet the tour as the directions were ALL wrong. The braiding center we were told to go to is no longer there and hasn't been there for some time d/t construction going on. The tour itself was good.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
Went snorkling in January! They fed us and took care of everything just like on the ship!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Even smoother than the embarkation!
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