Carnival Sensation Review
Your dreams, from sea to shore... but not on Carnival's Sensation.
Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Sensation
Cindycc
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
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Sail Date: Jan 2017
Unfortunately for my husband and me travel on Carnival’s Sensation was not a positive experience. We choose to take this trip as a short get-away from New England weather and to visit Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island. We had taken one Caribbean cruise in the past, but have traveled to Alaska on Holland America and a Viking river cruise.
Some of the negative experiences were beyond anyone’s control. Our flight to Fort Lauderdale on Friday January 6th had to be rescheduled due to the shooting situation at Fort Lauderdale Airport. We were fortunate that the airport reopened on Saturday Jan 7th so we were able to fly out of Bradley at 7:00 a.m.
Check-in lines at the dock in Miami were long, but everyone was grateful to have arrived despite the horrific circumstances.
Cabin Review
Cabin DECK U with balcony
We had a room with a balcony at the back of U level. The room was small but doable for five days. The room steward, Mada, was very friendly and kind. I was disappointed because instead of nice toiletries, there were two dispensers for soap and shampoo. Carnival is too cheap to purchase small bottles of toiletries for their guests.
Port Reviews
Freeport
The area where the ship docked is in a commercial area with freight ships, and container ships. It was not pretty. Once off the boat, there was staging area for the pick-up/drop-off of passengers, a retail complex and a craft market featuring local straw work and other crafts.
We took a taxi to Port Lucaya area, $10 round trip. Hurricane Matthew had ravaged the island. There was a small shopping/restaurant area, but many of the shops were closed. We walked to a public beach where the Memories Grand Bahama Resort was located (which is closed). We sat on the beach, but were harassed by a hotel security guard who said we could not sit on the “hotel’s sand”. We walked along the beach, which was beautiful and viewed the hurricane damage. After a few hours, we took the taxi back to the ship
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