Carnival Splendor Review

Worst way to bring in my 25th birthday!!

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Splendor
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reesy222
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Feb 2016
Cabin: Ocean View

In June 2015, I had gone on this ship and had a fantastic time so I wanted to go on it again to celebrate mine and my boyfriend's birthdays in February 2016. We stayed on Deck 2 with an ocean view cabin and had great cabin attendants. This time were sailing to Cozumel, Belize, Mahogany Bay, and The Cayman Islands. We booked shore excursions for all ports. In Cozumel we booked an all inclusive beach day at Chankanaab, Belize was a city tour, Mahogany Bay was a pirate, monkey and bird zoo and Cayman Islands was a helicopter ride. Basically we had a nice set up of activities once we docked so I was pretty excited about that.

Boarding the ship was fine and the first sea day went smoothly. I tried the cloud 9 spa for the first time to treat myself on my birthday. Everything went well except when the spa staff tries to pressure sale you into purchasing their products. Anyway, the dinners all were great like on the last cruise. After dinner we typically go to the shows after but unfortunately they didn't add anything new or change the shows from my last sailing so they were kind of dull. We wanted to participate in other activities other then going to the show but most of them were going on during our dinner time which sucked.

So after dinner we would hang out at the bar then go to the dance club after. The last DJ we had on the ship was amazing (DJ Castro). On this cruise though we had DJ K1X and he was the WORST!!! He had no transitioning skills what so ever! he would go from playing 70s classics to reggaeton, to rock music, then to outdated HIp Hop. He was awful!! If the dance floor was packed he always managed to clear it! I can't speak for anyone other then myself but when I go on a cruise I love to party, so the music in the club is a big factor. So overall, the music sucked! That was strike 1.

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Ocean View

Port Reviews

Grand Cayman (Georgetown)

I had booked this excursion ONLY because Carnival cancelled my Helicopter tour. They charged 38 dollars per person for one photo with the dolphin. So for me and my boyfriend's pictures were almost $80 for just TWO photos! Ridiculous!

Belize City

We did a city and rum factory tour (NOT with Carnival). Rum tasting was great and the facts about the city were interesting and educational. Defiantly would recommend.

Cozumel

We booked an all inclusive beach day at the Chankanaab Park. This included open bar and a tasty lunch. Also tequila tasting and cooking class. To finish up the tour they had a sea lion show which was entertaining. I would recommend this tour.

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