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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

6 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 21, 2023

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin number: 6159

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Not for people looking for a quiet, relaxing time. Staff good, fellow passengers rowdy. Moments of fun, but overall, stressful. Will upgrade to better line next time.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
average

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
plentiful but crowded and loud buffets, chef's table and ji ji's very good. Coffee bar server Churri always remembered our order

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pool deck too loud and crowded. it was hard to find a quiet place even on the serenity deck. The pool was tiny and always full of people, had hoped to swim, but didn't because it was packed with people

Entertainment

3 out of 5
They were hard working and good. Hated walking through smoky casino to get anywhere

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Service was very good, especially in the specialty restaurants. Staff almost always was cheerful and friendly

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
You had to walk through the smoky casino often to get to many places on the ship. Hard to find a quiet and restful corner to read a book or relax. Very hard to walk next to railings and look out at the water. Most common areas clean. to walk the track you had to be in kids play area

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
As expected. comfortable., except for storm. staff very diligent

Ship tip

Don't. Pick another boat or another cruise line. Our third carnival trip and it was not an enjoyable experience overall.

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas Did not visit port

too many hustlers, crowded, hot and loud

Bimini, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
nice bike ride

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Bad weather and long delays. Ship was in storm most of the last night. When we finally were approved to dock, it was three more hours to actually get off the boat. Arrived 12 hours later than expected.
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9 Comments

Ship2Shora    1 year ago

I would love to sail out of Charleston but not on the beat up Sunshine🙄

javawoody    1 year ago

Shot cruises on any line tend to be party cruises

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

lsbs    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

jallaway    1 year ago

Hey, according to the talking cruise heads, you were on the voyage of the damned. Sounds like you had a very mature response to the rough weather. Too bad your cheesy fellow passengers weren't as well.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. At least the end of the cruise didn’t cause you to downgrade the high point. Sorry you were disappointed.

Itspeace4me    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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