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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

5 Night Bahamas (Charleston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 23, 2023

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1639

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Cruise was great. Booking did not go well. We booked with a certain code to get fees paid with price and they changed code on us and we had fees. Sad that they can get away with that. For this reason we are thinking of cruising elsewhere moving forward. Bummer, as we preferred carnival before this.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great. Quick. Efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
We love main dining room but noticed quite a few rude servers. Never had the same server. Never complain about a server- this is my first time ever so it was pretty bad.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Trivia, pool, slides, mini golf, pong.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Piano bar was great but a bit small. Shows were AMAZING!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Great club. Supervision wasn't heavy but my kids were in the middle age group, 12-14 so I trust them to behave and not be monitored all the time. Many kids in that group should have stayed with their parents though. Poor behavior.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Great room steward and most bartenders were wonderful. Coffee shop staff was the BEST! Casino bartenders could use some manners.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Older ship but well maintained and clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The layout was nice with the king on the far wall and the pullmans in an L shape. Plenty of room for a family of 4 that spends most of vacay exploring the ship.

Ship tip

Eat in the havana bar area once you get your buffet plate. Great view, less crowded.

Ports of call

Charleston, South Carolina

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Few shops. Pricey. Did Ray excursion and it was fantastic!

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Never received invoice. Sail and sign account can't be reached.
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10 Comments

Gwbigdog     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

NanMarie     10 months ago

Your invoice should have been in the little mail slot outside your door when you left on the last day. The same place your sail and sign card was when you got on. Maybe you just missed it. Some room Stewart's slide them under the door some put them in the mail slot.

byhisgrace     10 months ago

Sorry the code didn't work

cruising2004     10 months ago

Your code could have expired before you booked it. Thanks for sharing.

sopha     10 months ago

Disregard my comment. I thought this was a review of Mardi gras.

sopha     10 months ago

Older ship???

javawoody     10 months ago

Often using a TA helps with booking

lsbs     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

karlgrgurich     10 months ago

That’s upsetting that you ended having to pay more

Niavlys     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing with us

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