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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Reviews for Gay & Lesbian to the Caribbean from Charleston

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Past her prime
"There were two rooms, one of which was practically useless except for the desk.One of our two thermostats malfunctioned, showing max heat but delivering max cold...."Read More

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Old and Dirty Ship

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

hturkoz1
10+ Cruises • Age 49s

I have been on many cruises and many on Carnival. Overall, I have loved the Carnival brand. It is a good value for money. However, the Sunshine is very well past her prime. Not only is it an old ship but I found it to be very dirty. The crew also don’t seem to be as on top of their game as on other ships. Slow service and not as welcoming. The layout is bizarre. It felt more crowded and ...
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Sail Date: November 2023


Fall Break Cruise on the Carnival Sunshine

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

MistyRo76
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

Traveling on this cruise was myself, my husband and our 9 year old daughter. We booked this as a fall break cruise. Since it was fall break, the ship was sold out and there were a lot of kids onboard. But it seemed that everyone was well behaved. We had two issues of kids running down the hall outside our cabin late at night. But it wasn't any prolonged or excessive. Here's a quick breakdown of ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with children


1st Cruise and not sure I’ll ever do it again!

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

gibsonstar2
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

We chose this cruise because of its affordability and the amount of good things I have heard about it. WRONG! Maybe my standards are higher than others but this trip was not good. The positive things were the employees were always nice. Though most could not speak or understand English. I thought this a bit odd as we traveled out of Charleston, SC and most if not all guest spoke English. The best ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Absolute worst cruise ever

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

Donna19661
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

This was the my first cruise and it was the worst experience that I have ever had... the rooms were flooded out and there was a mold smell/musty smell and the food was awful. They help me to my room when we first got on but didn't help at all when we got ready to go and I am disabled and needed help. My skin was irritated by something inside of the room . When I came home i had bit marks and ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Traveled with disabled person


Carnival sunshine

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

Travelinfam123
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

We chose this cruise line because of the balance of fun for both the kids and us adults. We had a fantastic time aboard sunshine. Staff were phenomenal, always working hard and in great spirits and our housekeeping/room attendant Yoko even knew all of our names and made it a point to make sure we always had what we needed. There is so many activities to do on the ship its often hard to choose! Our ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Traveled with children


Aging ship and bad food

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

sasacchin
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

My significant other chose this cruise as a family and friends vacation. The smoothest part was leaving the ship on the last day, but that was just the best luck we had the whole trip. She’s much more of an avid cruiser than me. It’s been 10+ years since my last cruise. The food was worse than hospital food-all of the food-(and I know this because I work in a hospital). It’s very obvious the ship ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Traveled with children


Not what I expected

Review for a Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

Dashygirl20
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

First the embarking and debarking wasn’t bad at all we had a great room steward was great it was our first cruise we sailed out of Charleston I guess we had our hopes up more than we should’ve we drove 7 hours to get to the port rented a room for two nights prior so we was out a lot of money to begin with. The first night went pretty well sorta confused where the dining room was, was disappointed ...
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Sail Date: June 2023

Cabin Type: Ocean View


Horrible food, overcrowded, disgustingly Smokey casino

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

Nygrgr8
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

A friend invited us to join them. Big mistake. Food was tasteless unless going to specialty dining areas. Buffet sucked in plain English. Housekeeping was fantastic. All staff were outstanding and friendly. Just felt overcrowded. As a non smoker I could not spend more than 30 minutes in the casino. Smokers would rather sit in there and smoke (not playing) so that they did not have to go to the 3rd ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Ocean View


Amazing!

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

baddieb5
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

Team lead server Udaya was great! So was team server Maxvel & Asst. Team Server Putu & Ari my cleaner for my room & service! Overall I had a great cruise & the service was great. The service at the dinning was so good & the food was great. The services & assistance at the dinning was great with good attitude. Ari was great as in needing anything & always had a smile on his face no matter what. The ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Ocean View


Worst Carnival Cruise we have ever been on--and we've been on 3 others

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Carnival Sunshine

Nikko3
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We were able to leave from Charleston which is close to where we live. The main dining room food was very poor even though my husband and I are not fussy eaters. The best piece of meat I had the whole cruise was a steak I paid an extra $25 for. "Specialty"restaurants were a joke. They were the same restaurants we ate in during the day. Then they put tablecloths on the tables, charged you ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


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