Carnival Fascination Review

Smoky, Dirty, Grimy!

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Fascination
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shehackva
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2016
Cabin: Ocean View

Maybe we are spoiled with Disney cruises--the good food, CLEAN ship, great entertainment. A group of us adults (ranging in age from 40's-70's)took this cruise as a test drive for some of our family members who haven't cruised. If you are into nothing but booze-cruisin', then you may not notice that every window is grimy and hard to see out of, the dust clumped in the lighting, decor details missing and worn, the stained trodden carpet, or garbage everywhere (apparently, they don't put out trash cans--they recycle and people are I guess too drunk to put things in the right bins...when I asked what to do with my paper cup, they said, just leave it anywhere and they will pick it up! Imagine, trash by the elevators, the halls, in the elevators, etc.!)

The main decks drag you straight through the thumpin', jumpin', pumpin' music with smoke and folks who indulged a bit too much. Glad I left my kid home for this one! The food was HORRID! My chilean sea bass tasted like frozen plastic--couldn't eat it! The best thing on this boat was the quick service pizza.

The entertainment was okay, but only one show remotely paid homage to older generations in our party (Motown show; the rest was thumpin', pumpin' gyrating song and dance shows which were okay--great voices, but definitely not an "A" production. The comedians were funny, but I guess I'm just not into f-bombs thrown for every other word and constant sex chatter--I mean really, now, as an adult there is so much to laugh about, why limit yourself?

Cabin Review

Ocean View

Cabin 6A

The window was GROSS, the bed was "W" like, with a bump in the middle, and dents on each slide. The window gasket was laying out.

Port Reviews

Nassau

Took a taxi to Atlantis--don't do it, unless you want to pay to get beyond the casino or the balcony. The public beach close by is very nice, but some of our older members felt intimidated by the many young men trying to rent them chairs. It didn't bother us so much.

Freeport

Nothing to do if you don't plan an excursion. Just a shopping area on a parking lot, with stands and stores selling mostly the same thing.

Jacksonville

Nothing but embarkation for us.

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