Carnival Charleston Cruise Reviews
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Sailed June 2017
ill try to keep it short. got a suite with a deck that is one of the most expensive to get. loud banging every night until 12am that would vibrate the walls and ceiling like heavy thunder would, same thing at 6am. the weight room is ...
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Sailed June 2017
We chose this cruise because it departed from Charleston, SC and was reasonably priced. Embarkation and disembarkation went well due to Faster to the Fun pass. I highly recommend this for anyone that has the opportunity to purchase it! We ...
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Sailed June 2017
We chose this cruise because our daughter in law had never cruised before. She didn't know what to expect and was nervous about motion sickness. We advised this cruise was a good one to try her first cruise because it was only 4 days. ...
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Sailed May 2017
Celebration for my cousin and my birthday. She lives in NC and I live in FL so Charleston was the choice. I would never take a cruise out of Charleston again. Very disorganized, took over 2 hrs to just park the car and get on board. My ...
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Sailed May 2017
Embarking...2.5 hr to get on ship!
Room 9141... Loud overhead banging from 6am-11 pm but Ryan was A+ steward
Food was mediocre...tomato soup, chicken taco and Guy's Burger was my fav..the chicken was a joke, flat iron steak was like ...
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Sailed May 2017
Booked a 4 day with family members to celebrate an early 30th birthday for one member. I did some research and did not want to be on an older run down ship. Sunshine had refurbishment and good reviews. We were all very happy with the ...
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Sailed May 2017
We were looking for a getaway for our 15th wedding anniversary. We picked this cruise because it is a bigger ship than normally sails out of Charleston, SC and it is only a 3.5 hour drive for us. Being our first cruise, we have nothing to ...
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Sailed May 2017
I am writing this review for those who have either already booked or found a "great deal" and are looking for some good perspective on this cruise. I consider myself a fairly experienced cruiser; I have status with Disney, NCL, ...
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Sailed May 2017
We chose this cruise primarily because of the departure date and port of Charleston. We had spent a day in Charleston the year prior during our Myrtle Beach trip and fell in love with the city so we drove down two days before the cruise ...
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Sailed May 2017
We decided to go on the Sunshine because it was doing a Journeys cruise and who doesn't love extra days on vacation! The ship is very clean and well taken care of. I loved how new everything looked and the layout of the ship was so ...
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Sailed May 2017
Carnival is fantastic. Embarkation and disembarkation couldn't have been handled any better. Complete organization. This ship was totally clean, the food was great. My wife and I along with my step-daughter and her husband were totally ...
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Sailed May 2017
The dining and main part of the deck was too small for the volume of people. Dining was almost always crowded, deck area was filled to capacity. The water park area took up a large part of the deck, however, there were not many kids on ...
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Sailed May 2017
Pros: Live near Charleston and did not go to the Bahamas
Embarkation and disembarkation was satisfactory
Food was good and the dining room service was excellent especially Sunita
Cabin steward's were ...
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Sailed May 2017
We chose this trip due to being close to Charleston and having been on the Ecstasy in October, 2016. It was also a celebration of our tenth anniversary. When we arrived in Charleston, the line to park cars was non-existent. It went ...
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Sailed May 2017
Don't get me wrong, we had fun, but we had to be flexible and patient and drink a lot of Maria's martini's to do so. We have cruised multiple times before on multiple cruiselines, including Carnival and so we read all the reviews ahead of ...
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Sailed April 2017
Had a lot of talented staff on board. good shows and Guy's burgers were very good. when we got home and i realized we did not get our $50. room credit i called. We booked online under the super saver and one of the perks was the room ...
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Sailed April 2017
We live in Charleston, SC, so we picked the Ecstasy for the pure convenience of not having to travel to the departure port. We have previously cruised on Princess and Royal Caribbean, so I admit I was a little nervous about trying ...
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Sailed April 2017
We "were" going to take a break from cruising in 2017 but . . . I caved to my wife's request to cruise if she could find something for under $100 a day. We never caught a ship out of Charleston before, so we "booked ...
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Sailed April 2017
We chose Carnival because we had a great experience on the past 4 cruises with them. This time was far from great. I was so happy to get off the ship and back home. I took my daughter, who is 10, so we could have a mother-daughter get ...
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Sailed April 2017
This was our second Carnival cruise, and we were very pleased, despite the negative reviews. The ship was clean and very pretty, not gaudy like the Sensation was. Our inside cabin was clean and comfortable, as was every other part of the ...
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Sailed April 2017
We had a blast!
The Negatives (Let's get these out of the way first)
There were only a couple rough spots and one of them had nothing to do with Carnival. Our first elegant night was not that great. We waited an hour to be seated ...
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Sailed April 2017
For a little background information: my husband and I are newlyweds and picked this cruise for our honeymoon because it worked with our schedule and because Charleston is relatively close to home. It was our very first cruise and we don't ...
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Sailed April 2017
This is our first cruise as a family so I do not have a comparison cruise. I chose the 7 days cruise with 4 sea days and port of call at Nassau, Half Moon Cay and Grand Turks. I was pleasantly surprised by the ship and her crew after ...
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Sailed April 2017
Let me preface my review by sharing, that I’ve cruised a couple of times. This was a first for my SO and 2 children ages 15 & 9.
I read many reviews prior to this trip, and read many negative reviews; but with that in mind I ...
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Sailed March 2017
We boarded in 30 minutes flat from shuttle to the port in Charleston to the ship. We had picked an early boarding time (11:30 a.m.) so this may have helped. We took a shuttle from our hotel with free parking for our car during the ...
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