Carnival Dream Cruise Reviews

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"Overall, I do enjoy and am loyal to Carnival, however this was very annoying not being able to check email, read the news or post on FB in the comfort of our cabin.We could never connect in our cabin and always needed to go into a public area to be able to use our phones...."Read More
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Jevin Griffin
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

My steward was amazing, but I will never cruise again. I feel like we spent our entire vacation waiting in lines. Whether it be waiting for a drink, waiting for food, waiting to get off the ship, waiting for an elevator, waiting in line for our excursion, or waiting in a line to get back to the ship/ on the ship after an extremely short excursion… I feel that my money would have been better spent ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Traveled with children


Carnival Dream Review

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ChristmasLegend12
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Carnival is obviously struggling to pay off its debt from the pandemic. I have never been on a cruise where there was so much disorganization, poor customer service, weary employees, ineffective systems, and general apathy. The Carnival Hub app is not very good. It does not show OBC at the onset of a cruise. It does not automatically transfer casino credits to your account. It does not ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Balcony


Carnival pinching pennies

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Texas Tom the cruiser
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

At first, we were really disappointed with the Dream. Then, things kind of turned around a little during the final sea days. The good things: -- The ship and staterooms seemed very clean. -- The Alchemy Bar was a kick. Engaging, professional bartenders. Good drinks (although not cheap at $14 for a cocktail). -- The Bonsai Japanese restaurant was one of our favorites. The food and ...
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Sail Date: January 2024


NEW YEAR'S EVE CRUISE

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Carla in Texas 61
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This was my 35th cruise, but first ever NYE cruise. This cruise was myself, husband, daughter and her husband(this was his first cruise). Embarkment was fairly quick and easy. We were on this ship by 11:45am. Dropped off our luggage at our Spa Balcony cabin on deck 12 and headed to the Lido for lunch and a cocktail. Guy's Burger was delish as always. I didn't eat at the Lido buffet all ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Spa Balcony


Good rest but questionable service.

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Ecirt
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Nothing like formal night, asking for reserved wine and them losing it. Then issue not being resolved until after dessert. One would think losing a $10 bottle of wine you are charging nearly $50 for would be taken care of immediately. First response was will will give you a glass at no charge. Then waiting until after the meal seemed like vengeance while they lost what I paid for. Additionally, ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Food is horriable and not kids friendly

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Jellyfish123
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

We've been cruising several times in the past with Carnival and RCL. We had great impression on Carnival back to 2016 so we chose Carnival Dream to sail with our 18-month old baby. However, the entire trip was not good at all compared to our past experience. 1) Embarkation - Probably the only good part. It is very smooth. We arrived on time and check-in is very smooth and fast. 2) Food - ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Traveled with children


If this had been my first cruise ever, I never would get on another one.

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ubserved
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

This was our first cruise since covid, but my sixth cruise over all and fourth cruise on Carnival. So from the beginning. We decided to book this trip last minute after suffering two deaths in the family as a way to decompress from the losses. So in September we started looking for a cruise out of Galveston being we reside in Texas and didn't want to fly to Florida. Even though we wanted to take ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


Horrible service on carnival

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Tiffany Dubois
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We choose this cruise to celebrate thanksgiving and a family birthday. It was a terrible disappointment. The food in the dining room was atrocious. Not good on the lido buffet either. The steak house was passable. The atmosphere in the steakhouse is nice. My importantly we had a medical issue at 1:00am. The medical clinic is closed. So if you have emergency in middle of night this is not ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Aft-View Extended Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


The boat was not clean and is outdated

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jw8419
6-10 Cruises • Age 30s

The dining room food was gross and it took forever. The boat was not clean and is outdated. There was an inch of dust on the vents in the Spa. The sofa in my room was in need to shampooing. Someone used duct tape to hold the laps together in my cabin. Drink services wait times were long. There was a fight by the pizza place and security was nowhere to be found. The bartender just watched the fight ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Aft-View Extended Balcony

Traveled with children


Worst Carnival cruise every. Fights on board

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kewlkitty2882
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

Have been on 5 other Carnival cruises before this one and I will never cruise with Carnival again. Food was awful and over cooked, took sometimes over an hour to get bar and lounclge staff to help me get a drink and other passengers were rude and started fights. While waiting over 45 min for charm bracelet charms people would cut on line and threaten to "wipe the floor with you" staff and security ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


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