Carnival Dream Review

NICE TIME ON THE DREAM.....BUT

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Dream
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topaz123
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jul 2014

Getting on the ship was easy...not a whole lot of waiting time. We took a cab from hotel to port, and the traffic was awful..I think we spent more time in the taxi line than in the board the ship line.

THE SHIP: Nice, big and lots of things to do. We had an inside cabin and it was surprisingly quiet. We have had other inside cabins that were really noisy, but I don't know if it was the size of the ship, or the newer ship..but it seemed quiet. We did have the thing with the "slamming doors". We have been on a lot of CARNIVAL cruises, and we get these people who must have a baby gorilla in the room...they insist on SLAMMING THE CABIN DOOR with FULL FORCE...all hours of the day and night. My aftershave almost bounced off the sink from the explosion of these door slammers. One more thing...Please do not yell the entire length of the hallway at all hours of the day and night...( Example: JIM..WE HAVE TO GET UP TO THE LIDO DECK..COME ON !!!). Very rude!!!

THE FOOD: Good food, not downtown Manhattan up scale but generally good. You can read review after review of food, and it is so selective , it's hard to get a grip. I thought the selections were small on the LIDO buffet....I can recall over the years, it keeps getting smaller and smaller selections. Not a lot of variety offerings. Tandoori grill was fantastic, check out the Tandori chicken and hummus. Good burgers, dogs, fries too. You might want to go to the Pasta Station too...just fill out the card on pasta, sauce, etc. and they bring it freshly prepared...... MONGOLIAN WOK: Another great stop..but wow...that line is way too long...expect to wait 20 minutes on a good day. There is a barbeque station that operated on sea days....good assorted barbeque. Make stop at the Taste Bar...tiny tapas type plates each evening. ..with something new every time you stop by. They do not have a FISH n CHIPS or SUSHI station...we were disappointed in that.....Good pizza but a long wait at times. Here's a "whoops story": In line with nice slacks and silk shirt on., wanted a slice late...so headed to the pizza station...some kid in front of me grabbed his pepperoni pizza so fast it slid off the plate onto my shirt, no sorry no nothing...just took off running. One last point on dining....Way do some cruisers insist on going through the buffet line eating at the same time? Could you possibly wait, 4 minutes till you set down. Also...I had a "lady?" go through the entire buffet, butting in between those that had waited in line and filled here plate all the way down the buffet line in this manner. Excuse me...( reaches in), excuse me ( reaches over my shoulder), excuse me ( reaches between the next people).....whew.

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