Eastern Caribbean Carnival Sunshine Eastern Caribbean Cruise Reviews

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Nice get-away with friends
"We are all normally on Princess or Celebrity cruises and this Carnival was our 3rd Carnival and the 3rd cruise we took since the Covid lockdown was over. .This was our 3rd Carnival cruise and the smell of smoke was a little off putting...."Read More
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Nice get-away with friends

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myjillian
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My birthday was the 19th and Charleston is a 6 hr drive from our home. We were 3 couples and we had Spa Cabins. The location was great because we just walked out the "back door "to everything...movies, bars and restaurants. We are all normally on Princess or Celebrity cruises and this Carnival was our 3rd Carnival and the 3rd cruise we took since the Covid lockdown was over. . Last ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Traveled with disabled person


Challenging circumstances, but still a great cruise!

Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

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honeychile
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

BACKGROUND: This was a much-anticipated special anniversary cruise for me and my husband, married over forty years, now both in our late sixties. This was my seventeenth cruise (twelfth on Carnival) and the sixth for my husband (all Carnival). BEFORE THE CRUISE: We live five hours away, so we decided to come in a day early and stay overnight so we would have no stress on embarkation day. We ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Cabin Type: Balcony


She needs some TLC but still worth it!

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

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seagypsea
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We choose this cruise because it was a 3-hour drive to the port for us. We arrived around 11:30 to the parking lot and there was no line and we pulled right up to the luggage tent, then followed directions to where to park and walked to Building 324 to check in. Somewhere in there we paid for the week to park but I can't remember if it was before luggage drop off or after. The lot lanes are A, ...
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Sail Date: February 2022

Cabin Type: Balcony


Our room steward was awesome!

Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

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CarlyMaman
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise bc I wanted to celebrate our 25th anniversary and I was looking for the closest port. It turns out an 11 day Journeys cruise was leaving from our hometown so it was perfect. We went to St. Thomas, Aruba, Bonaire, Grand Turks, and Princess Cays. Like with every cruise there are pros and cons. Cons first This was only our third cruise so not a lot of experience. The port ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Good time

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

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pambecause
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We went on this cruise with casino offer and port is close to home. So price was very good travel to and from was easy. Was a bit concerned about the bus between to get on ship but it went very smoothly not much wait on embarking or disembark. We had an ocean view on first floor room was larger than many balcony we have had in the past. Or room steward was one of the worst we have had we saw him ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View


Very enjoyable experience

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

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oXTristynXo
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

This was the first cruise I have been on but I loved it. The only negatives that I had were it left port an hour late and a lot of noise children other than that it was extremely fun and the food was better than I expected not saying it was the best in the world but it was far above what I had expected and the fruit was very fresh. My favorite restaurant was the blue iguana it’s burritos were ...
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Sail Date: May 2019

Cabin Type: Premium Balcony


Good Cruise, Great Cruise Director

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Mda1964
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We joined two other couples with whom we were stationed in the military 20+ years ago for a reunion cruise. We knew it was during Spring Break so we expected lots of children, which was the case. It wasn’t too much problem until late night (late for us, like 10:00 pm!), when the teenagers were running through the ship. However, it really wasn’t too intrusive. The embarkation was very ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


The good, the great and the not-so-ugly

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

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Aiptasia904
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

3/16 to 3/24 West Indies cruise to Turks & Caicos, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & St. Maartin (9 day). The ship was a lesson in contrasts. Overall, I prefer to take the smaller, older classes of cruise ships over the new mega-ships because I find the crowds more manageable. The Carnival Sunshine fills this desire perfectly. Sections of the boat are a bit dated and you can still feel the 1990's ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean Suite

Traveled with children


Nice smaller ship

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Rustdy
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We chose this one for the itinerary, and the dates worked with us. We enjoyed the ports, especially Grand Turk and San Juan. We bought a ship excursion in St Kitts...kayak and snorkel, we were not impressed. Although the tour company worked hard, we suffered because the ship docked an hour late and were rushed the whole time, plus we did not stop at the lookout spot at all. The kayaking was fine, ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Interior


COUSINS CRUISE

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W1zard
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Cruise dates fit our schedule well. As we ended up with 24 in our group (not planned) all with my time dining it was quite a surprise that we never had trouble with seating for dinner. We actually had a group of tables 3 of 7 nights and on other nights group members tried out different venues which was fun to share with each other later. We loved Hostess Rashida and tried for Head Waiter ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


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